Network Dimensioning
Network Dimensioning is a key capacity planning discipline, which has a direct impact on an organisation's cost base. An excess of deployed capacity will result in wasted capital, while a dearth of capacity will adversely impact service level agreements, potentially incurring service penalties.Capacitas can assist its clients in planning an optimally sized network, which balances the requirements of quality and resilience against cost control.
Key features of the Network Dimensioning service include:
- Determining the appropriate sizing approach required for the client's network, whether it is an existing network or a planned deployment
- Defining key inputs for the dimensioning exercise, such as a traffic demand matrix, routing configuration files, network topology, resilience requirements, etc.
- Optimising the routing of traffic by tuning the routing metrics and using features such as traffic engineering, where available
- Defining a bandwidth augmentation strategy, which best fits the client's environment
- Characterisation of network workload and ensuring that the sizing accounts for exceptional demand
- A process that fosters collaboration between the client and Capacitas, facilitating knowledge/skills transfer during the exercise
Key Benefits
- Always ensuring that the right capacity is in the right place at the right time and at the right cost
- Reduces CAPEX and OPEX costs by deferring network investment until it is required
- Maximising your existing network investment through optimisation
- Assuring network resilience in the context of the client's SLAs
- A vendor-independent approach, ensuring the client receives a 'best-fit' solution for its requirements
- Collaboration between the client and Capacitas promotes skills transfer and minimises training costs
- The exercise defines a roadmap to enable your organisation to deliver network dimensions on an ongoing basis