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Windows capacity planning: Juggling user demand with system resources


Harris Kern, Contributor
04.06.2007
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If you think it is hard to juggle capacity resources with user demands now, just wait until your organization upgrades to Microsoft Vista or Exchange 2007 or SQL Server 2005 because these applications are going to tax your system even more. Your best course of action is to start Windows capacity planning now for these big upgrades.

You have to have a plan that ensures IT resources are available just before they are needed -- a "just-in-time" approach to resource management -- and that's a tough nut to crack when you're dealing with multiple mission-critica


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l Windows servers with multiple server rooms.

Here are the nine steps that will help you create a Windows capacity plan:

Harris Kern is the author of 44 IT and self-help books. He is recognized as the foremost authority on providing practical guidance for solving IT management issues. Harris is the founder behind Harris Kern's Enterprise Computing Institute and the best-selling series of books published by Prentice Hall. The series includes titles such as IT Services, IT Organization and CIO Wisdom. Harris can be reached at harris@harriskern.com.

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