A few weeks ago we discussed how using minimum utilisation could help characterise operational issues. A server had failed and some ‘after the fact’ analysis had shown that its CPU utilisation had increased on a...
The challenge of integrating performance testing into agile development methodology is not inconsiderable and often involves a steep learning curve. Performance testing pressures are amplified by constraints such as...
I’m going to make this a two part series in which we can look at the basics and then we can move onto more advanced functionality. So, before we get down to the technical stuff lets quickly look at what a cookie is....
Last week I noticed this headline on BBC News: 'Smarter' South East airport capacity needed. Having a natural interest in capacity, and also airports, the title sounded intriguing – what does the BBC actually mean...
Have you ever wondered how to determine the impact of consolidation across your data centres? This blog covers a simple exercise on answering this question for a real customer.
Operational Capacity Management (OCM) is a discipline that deals with the day-to-day management of IT systems. Typically focussed on infrastructure rather than business processes there are many metrics and...
