Category Archives: Capacity Management
Should you ever replace a planning assumption?
In the planning cycle, you start off with a load of assumptions. Then observations are made of existing systems, and you might be tempted to say that your assumptions were wrong... but are they? Does experience of system A automatically … Continue reading
Take That “Flood” the system… is this “Progress”?
Last Friday saw the release of tickets for the “Progress” tour by Take That. In every previous release of tickets for every previous major event, be it sporting or music, the ticket websites and phone lines have failed to cope … Continue reading
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Tagged Acceptable Levels, Demand, Demand Management, Foresight, Period Of Time, predictable, Quality Of Service
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How absurd is your average?
I was listening to the radio this morning, and they announced some "fun" statistics in the way that they often do to entertain. For example; The average person spends 3 years of their life driving their car The average woman … Continue reading
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Tagged Absurdity, Average, CPU, Granularity, Measure, Monitor, Statistics, Utilisation, Workload
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