When we do datacenter virtualization or migration, we often need do P2V (Physical to Virtual) design. It involves estimation of the capacity on ESXi server since we neither want to over-commit the computing power of the virtual server, nor to keep redundant computing power.
VMware offers a free ESXi Capacity Planner but you can’t simply download it and put it work analyzing your server usage and end-user work pattern, since it’s usually a component from a larger paid program.
Here I would like to introduce a handy and lightweight VMware ESXi Capacity Planner that I have used in my previous data center virtualization and migration projects. It’s Excel-based...
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