System Performance - Capacity Planning and Forecasting

Capacity planning analysis for Enterprise system typically takes the following forms:

Efficiency Analysis - Examine the inter-relationship between different resources configurations to achieve a target transaction load/throughput rate, at the lowest resource cost.
Scalability Analysis - Examine the inter-relationship between resources and transaction load/throughput rates to determine vertical or horizontal scalability options.
Availability Analysis - Examine the inter-relationship between different resources configurations to achieve a target a transaction load/throughput rate servicing a defined set of network interfaces/end points.
Reliability - Examine the inter-relationship between different resources configurations to maintain a target a transaction load/throughput rate on Fail over.


References Linear Regression BEA's guide to Capacity Planning