Table of Contents

1. Understanding Cloud Computing  

2. Cloud Stakeholders and Value Chain

3. Technology that Drives the Cloud

4. Introduction to Capacity Management   

5. Cloud Capacity Management

6. Capacity Planning

7. Determining Capacity Requirements for New Services

8. Capacity Management Design

9. Capacity Plan

10. Ongoing Capacity Management for Existing or Live Services

11. Capacity Monitoring

12. Capacity Analysis, Tuning, and Review 

13. Capacity Management Database and Integrations

14. Capacity Management Concepts

15. Appendix A: Capacity Plan Template

16. Appendix B: Capacity Implementation Case Study

About the Author

NavinSabharwal is an innovator, thought leader, author, andconsultant in the areas of reporting and Analytics, RDBMS technologiesincluding SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, big data technologies, Hadoop, MongoDB,and SAP HANA. Navin has been using big data technologies in creating productsand services in the areas of IT service management, product development, cloudcomputing, cloud lifecycle management, and social network product development.He has created niche award-winning products and solutions and has filednumerous patents in diverse fields such as IT services, assessment engines,ranking algorithms, capacity planning engines, and knowledge management. Navinholds a Master’s in Information Technology and is a Certified ProjectManagement Professional.