| How do I undertake a Capacity Planning
Exercise? | Companies such as END2END can perform this
exercise or if you want to do a rough estimate yourself:
For a
new room
- Calculate the loads for power and heat for your IT
estate. These will normally be listed in the technical specification
for the device, however, these figures are often inflated (by 50% in
some cases). This figure can then be used to size your UPS and Air
Conditioning Requirements
- Calculate the load for power of the
selected AC units
- Add the results together to get max power
load required for the room
For an
Existing Room
- Analyse your UPS readings to determine the
operating loads for the current IT equipment
- Subtract these
from the maximum supported by the UPS
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You now have the maximum growth that the room can sustain
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