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Capacity Planning

One of the most common concerns of CIOs is to assess whether the technical resources their systems are equipped with are sufficient to allow a forecasted growth of transactions and volume.

Answering this question is of paramount importance in a situation characterized by strong budget restrictions, but also the need to provide uninterrupted and optimal access to data.

Capacity Planning is a process to predict the types, quantities and timing of critical resource capacities that are needed within an infrastructure to meet accurately forecasted workloads.

If this process does not exist or is inadequate, it could lead to a downtime of the enterprise's IT system, with impacts on productivity.

The goal is to find out what type of resources are necessary, in what size or quantities, and the exact timing of when these additional capacities are needed.

Almost every infrastructure manager and most analysts acknowledge the importance of ensuring that adequate capacity is planned for and provided. However, it is seldom done well. The reasons are always the same, whatever the size and nature of the enterprise:

  • systems administrators are too busy with day-to-day activities to spend time analyzing the current situation
  • end users are not concerned with predicting future workloads
  • senior managers confuse capacity planning with capacity management

Orinux has developed a service of Capacity Planning that is customized to the specific needs of each enterprise. Different reasons can start the capacity planning process, and we keep in mind the exact objectives of our customers. For example:

  • reduce the risks involved by reaching the dew point of the current resources
  • foresee capacity and performance issues before they occur
  • optimize the use of infrastructure resources by reducing property cost


To reach their objectives, our consultants run several data extraction tools on the relevant systems, with the emphasis put on the applications that have the most critical impact on the infrastructure. The work sessions they hold with different individuals of the company are used to finalize the study.

Back at the Orinux Technical Centre, they hold several brainstorming sessions with the backline team before producing their report, the keys elements being:

  • the detailed evaluation of all the involved components
  • projections on the usability of processors, memory, disks and networks
  • tuning recommendations for improving performance and security

Client reference

“The complexity of the project has been dramatically reduce thanks to the professionalism of Orinux on both organizational and technical sides. As a customer, one has the feeling of being listened to.”
(Joseph Mathieu NDOUR, Computer Department, SGBS, Dakar/SENEGAL)

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