Wednesday, 17 August 2016

Balance service against cost - Windows Server Capacity Management 101(5 of 12)


The better service the more the cost - When it comes to balancing the cost of a service it is important to know what the impact of spending too little or too much will be. 

Align your IT spend to your business needsIt’s not about spending more and more it’s about spending smarter. Understanding what the business needs are and understanding how to meet them in a cost effective way.

It’s important to know the wider business, if you are expanding by 50% you need to know what is needed to meet the new demand. Without forward-looking activities, you could be in for any number of unpleasant surprises, such as:

·      Performance crises

·      Unnecessary hardware expenditure

·      User dissatisfaction.




Understanding how to meet demand - Capacity Management is responsible for ensuring adequate capacity is available at all times to meet the requirements of the business.  It is directly related to the business requirements and is not simply about the performance of the system’s components, individually or collectively.

On Friday I'll be discussing best practice. Don't forget to sign up for our IT Capacity Planning workshop running in September.
http://www.metron-athene.com/services/online-workshops/index.html

Josh Worth
Consultant

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