Capacity Management: The IT Balancing Act You Can’t Ignore

How VMware Cloud Foundation Makes Capacity Management Smarter Capacity Engine From Firefighting to Future-Proofing: Capacity Management in Action 1. Assess Capacity 2. Optimize Capacity 3. Plan Capacity The End Result Final Thoughts Related Related Articles Capacity Management: The IT Balancing Act You Can’t Ignore Deploy Distributed LLM Inference with GPUDirect RDMA over InfiniBand in VMware Private AI FinOps in VMware Cloud Foundation Ever feel like your IT resources are either bursting at the seams or sitting idle (and costing a fortune)? Welcome to the world of capacity management. In this post, we’ll break down what it really means, why it’s harder than it looks, and the common challenges that leave IT teams scrambling. At its core, capacity management is about making sure your IT resources—servers, storage, networks, and cloud services—are sized just right. Not too big, not too small. Think of it like budgeting: enough to get the job done today, with a plan for tomorrow. Here’s what goes into it: Monitoring usage: Keeping an eye on CPU, memory, storage, and bandwidth. Forecasting demand: Predicting spikes before they hit you. Optimizing resources: Moving workloads around or fine tuning performance. Strategic planning: Lining up IT with the bigger business picture.