System Center Capacity Planner 2006
[John]
I know a lot of you are currently designing your Exchange implementations, so I thought this tool might be of use to you.
It’s called the System Center Capacity Planner and is currently in Beta – I’ve taken this chunk of information directly from the FAQ on what the benefits are :-
Efficiently plan deployments for Exchange 2003 and Microsoft Operations Manger 2005
Provide guidance for system sizing and architecture
Provide "What-if" analysis capability: hardware, software, topology
Justify infrastructure investments
Increase confidence in purchasing decisions
Justify expenditure to management
Meet performance expectations
Ensure that deployments meet service level agreements
Ensure increased up time and more satisfied end users
Prepare for the future
Ensure that capacity meets future business requirements
Provide sufficient data to make the right trade-offs
Just remember it is in BETA so all the usual caveats with regards to stability, performance and information apply :-)
[/John]
