VMware Performance and Capacity Management - Second Edition

Performance and capacity management

We have seen that there are two sets of metrics. Before we go into the metrics, we need to cover one more thing so that we are clear about the scope of our discussion.

The word "management" in SDDC covers the entire spectrum of activity required to keep the SDDC running well. In some situations, we need to use a narrower word, such as monitoring, planning, or troubleshooting.

Since the book focuses on performance and capacity, let's distinguish the areas within them:

• Performance management has two sub-activities:
  • Monitoring
  • Troubleshooting
• Capacity management has two sub-activities:
  • Planning
  • Monitoring

Performance

In a virtual environment, performance monitoring and performance troubleshooting are relatively more distinct ...