ITIL, now in version three, also advises us that all processes should be subject to a Continual Service Improvement Programme (CSIP). That is all very well but what should the target be? Should it be ‘best...
Various operating systems have monitoring tools that report values for Percentage Waiting for I/O. Whilst this is not a new metric, there is often confusion surrounding the meaning and interpretation of this...
Microsoft provides access to a vast array of capacity and performance monitoring counters. These can be monitored through a bundled tool named System Monitor (Sysmon) or through a multitude of third-party tools. The...
The capacity planning and performance engineering functions have many common techniques and skill sets. As a result, the distinctions between these two closely related functions are often misunderstood. The table...
Andy Bolton, Chief Executive Officer, Capacitas, was interviewed by Drew Robb, freelance journalist in 2004, for Building a Model Infrastructure published in ComputerWorld. Material was also used for Capacity...
The steady growth of distributed computing since 1980 has widened dramatically the ownership and use of information systems compared to the mainframe and minicomputer era. This diffusion of computing power has...
