Storage Capacity Planning
“How much new storage will we need next quarter?”
“Are we paying for more cloud storage than we need?”
“What is our VM build capacity?”
Visual Storage Intelligence’s® capacity planning helps answer predictive storage questions so that you’re never caught by surprise.
Replace manual efforts and complicated spreadsheets with Visual Storage Intelligence’s® quick and easy reports. We’ll help you forecast and predict your storage growth – whether physical, virtual, or in the cloud – with pinpoint accuracy.
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On-Premises
Track usage and capacity over time at as high or low a level as you need, from enterprise-wide to device by device.
Flash
Use data reduction ratio reporting to know when flash arrays will run out of space – even when their capacities change over time.
Virtual & Compute
View and project usage and capacity on VMs, plus utilizations across vCenters and clusters.
Cloud
Are you using all the space you provisioned? Use historical data to structure cloud contracts so that you’re always paying for no more than you need.
Visual Storage Intelligence customers interviewed by EMA indicated that the capacity management capabilities of the platform were exceptional and enabled them to substantially reduce storage infrastructure costs by accurately pre-planning growth requirements.
Capacity Planning That Forecasts the Future
Contextualize your infrastructure by visualizing where you’ve been and where you’re going.
Picture your data trends through our comparative models, so you can plan ahead and avoid any unwelcome surprises. Whether you’re projecting array space, cloud usage, or VM build capacities, we’ve got you covered.
Visual Storage Intelligence’s® modeling abilities help you set – and keep – your budgeting goals.
Weighted Average Models
Best for complete data sets, this model looks at the last six months of data and weighs recent months over older months.
Simple Linear Models
Best for limited data sets, this model uses simple averages to account for gaps in the data.
Variable Timeframes Models
This customizable growth model lets customers choose the timeframe and adjust for variables.
“What-If” Projection Models
Modify your historical data to test for hypothetical future changes, such as changing workloads or adding storage.
Capacity Management Should be Proactive – not Reactive
Stop letting purchases become reactive decision-making processes. Maximize efficiency with these keys to successful capacity management – all made simple with Visual Storage Intelligence.
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Storage Capacity Planning Handbook
Three Steps to Minimize Costs, Save Time, and Reduce Organizational Risk
Capacity Planning as a Service (CPaaS)
Build on Visual Storage Intelligence’s® comprehensive capacity planning with a personalized Capacity Planning as-a-Service consulting option, offered by our team of experts.
Reduce Spending
- Anticipate purchases months in advance.
- Right-size cloud capacities & contracts.
- Use existing storage more efficiently & budget with confidence.
Operationalize Excellence
- Make decisions informed by data-driven modeling.
- Eliminate spreadsheets & manual reporting.
- Reduce allocation waste.
- Improve business unit data.
Enable Change
- Forecast migrations to and from the cloud.
- Prepare for mergers & acquisitions.
- Anticipate the impact of workload & provisioning changes.
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