Category Archives: Capacity Management
Queuing Theory with Excel pt2
The previous blog post showed the formulas that are used in M/M/c queuing models, and finished by showing that we need an Excel formula for if we are going to use Excel to help us. The previous blog entry also … Continue reading
Queuing Theory with Excel pt1
Capacity Planning makes extensive use of Queuing theory to predict future response times of a system when the workload increases. There are many tools available that will automatically calculate the queues and can do multi-variate planning. However, if you have … Continue reading
Does the 'Cloud' negate the need for Capacity Management?
Capacity planning is the thing that stands out as the biggest advantage of the Microsoft cloud model. The Windows Azure platform takes that out of the equation for us, unlike the other cloud providers. Jonathan Malek Chief Architect and … Continue reading