Capacity Planning is a well known discipline, particularly for sites that have a mainframe oriented background. This book charts a course through the available techniques and tools, examines timescales and return on investment for different methodologies, and provides a framework for decomposing and resolving big problems.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Adrian Cockcroft is a Distinguished Systems Engineer at Sun Microsystems, working in the Performance Applications Engineering organization. He has broad experience of both hardware and software and works to make sure that many diverse products come together to form complete and consistent systems. He is the primary author of Sun Performance and Tuning: Java and the Internet, and contributed to the Sun BluePrints book on Resource Management. An Englishman, he holds a degree in Applied Physics and Electronics from the City University, London.

Bill Walker, is a Principal Engineer in Sun Professional Services, working in the IT Consulting and Operations Services (ITCOPS) practice. With an extensive background in IT management, he is currently focused on services including performance analysis, capacity planning, performance management, and server consolidation. He is a co-author and instructor of the Sun Educational Services Technology Seminar, Solaris Performance and Tuning Secrets, and has taught several courses on UNIX® System Administration for local colleges. He attended Penn State University and the University of Maryland, studying Electrical Engineering, and Management of Information Systems.