To plan properly for future growth, we need to understand areas of growth.
Calculate Resource Utilization
Resource utilization for existing workloads will be useful to plan for future growth. Analyze captured statistics, as follows:
Measure Growth
Growth in any one of the following areas can affect legitimate capacity.
Growing the Infrastructure
Using the baseline physical architecture and the sizing formula above, we will determine how to grow the infrastructure so we can create a matrix, as follows:
Matrix of Infrastructure Growth
Growth Rate |
Tier 1 (Web Server Machine) |
Tier 2 (WebFOCUS Client/ ReportCaster) |
Tier 3 (WebFOCUS Reporting Server) |
Tier 4 (Database Servers) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline |
1 machine |
2 machines |
2 machines |
X |
Growth Phase 1 |
1 machine |
2 machines |
3 machines |
X |
Growth Phase 2 |
1 machine |
2 machines |
4 machines |
X & Y |
Growth Phase 3 |
2 machines |
3 machines |
5 machines |
X & Y & Z |
Information Builders |