Appendix D: Capacity Management : Organization Virtual Datacenter-Specific Capacity Forecasting : Determine Trending Variables
   
Determine Trending Variables
With the information recorded as described in the following table it is possible to determine the rate of organization virtual datacenter consumption.
Table 16. Organization Virtual Datacenter Capacity Trending Variables
Variable
Name
Description
Units
T
Time
This is the time between points of observation.
Weeks
NcpuUC
New CPU Units
This is the total number of CPU units of consumption required for the forecasted virtual machines.
CPU Units of Consumption
NmemUC
New Memory Units
This is the total number of memory units of consumption required for the forecasted virtual machines.
Memory Units of Consumption
NVGB
New Storage (GB)
This is the total amount of storage required for the forecasted virtual machines.
GB
Tpurchase
Organization Virtual Datacenter Expansion Purchase Time
The amount of time to procure additional organization virtual datacenter resources.
Weeks