3.1 Assessments and Capacity Planner
VMware Capacity Planner can help to successfully plan and estimate the size of the foundation infrastructure required for a scalable vCloud deployment. Capacity Planner provides the following benefits:
Increased productivity with server consolidation and capacity optimization.
Reduced complexity through IT standardization and hardware containment.
Improved predictability with capacity utilization trends and virtualization benchmarks.
See the
VMware Capacity Planner datasheet for additional information (
http://www.vmware.com/products/capacity-planner/overview.html).VMware Capacity Planner software is typically used during a Virtualization Assessment service delivered by VMware Professional Services or a VMware partner.