Capacity Analyzer

Proactive Performance Management

It's real easy to create performance problems in a virtualized data center. Things change and it only takes one virtual machine consuming more CPU, memory or storage I/O than you anticipated to affect the performance of an entire host or cluster.

Fortunately, it's also real easy to assure that doesn't happen with VKernel's Capacity Analyzer. Inexpensive and easy–to–use, the patent–pending VKernel Capacity Analyzer delivers proactive resource monitoring and predictive capacity analysis capabilities that enhance VMware vCenter (VirtualCenter).

Designed for enterprise scalability, Capacity Analyzer proactively monitors shared CPU, memory, network, and disk (storage and disk I/O) utilization trends in VMware ESX environments across hosts, clusters, and resource pools enabling you to:

• Identify and resolve current and upcoming performance degradations caused by over utilization of provisioned capacity
• Easily find the best placement for new VMs based on available capacity
• Identify your top CPU, memory, storage and storage I/O consumers
• Generate management reports that demonstrate you have performance under control
• Set capacity utilization alerts to take the necessary proactive measures to avoid problems altogether
• Gain visibility into NFS disk I/O bottlenecks and performance issues — Measuring NFS Disk I/O Tech Brief