Finding the Root Cause of VMware Capacity Bottlenecks

With the initial release of our Capacity Analyzer about this time last year, we were helping our users get visibility into their resource utilization to better manage and optimize their CPU, memory, and storage capacity. The feedback we have received has been very positive. Over time, the biggest request we continued to hear was ‘can you show me where bottleneck problems are occurring and how can I quickly fix them before performance is drastically impacted?’

Yesterday, we released Capacity Analyzer 4.0 to our internal sales and marketing database. The public press announcement is planned for 4/28. This latest version is a major upgrade that you can download now. With Capacity Analyzer 4.0, we are now showing you the root cause of your capacity issues, where they are occurring, and providing suggested recommendations on how to quickly resolve them.

With deep drill down capabilities and advanced predictive analytics, Capacity Analyzer 4.0 helps users:

• Find an average of 20% or more capacity in your existing VMware ESX data center by right sizing VMs and removing bottlenecks
• Predict problems, set alerts, and proactively monitor performance and capacity
• Save time, reduce costs, and relieve the headache of trying to find where your bottlenecks are

All of the functionality that has made Capacity Analyzer extremely popular and valuable has been enhanced to provide even more detailed information. Here’s a sampling of some of the new enhancements:

• Peak usage analysis – see utilization peaks, averages, and when they occur
• More CPU statistics – usage, peak usage, CPU ready, CPU ready peak, I/O wait
• More memory statistics – usage, peak usage, swapped, swapped peak, balloon, balloon peak
• More disk/storage statistics – latency, latency peak, queue latency, queue latency peak, throughput, throughput peak, swap, swap peak, I/O wait, BUS resets, commands aborted
• Setting importance levels for VMs – resolution recommendations can be based on importance levels
• Role based access management for different types of users
• Filtering objects by name to find information faster

To see more, check out this quick overview and “how to use” video by Chris Chesley, a VKernel senior systems engineer. And, if you would like to try Capacity Analyzer 4.0 for free, you are welcome to download it today.