HP Matrix Operating Environment Software - Manual (Page 51)

Task: Estimating the effect of adding or moving processors
It is frequently desirable to move processors among servers or add processors to balance resources,
adjust headroom, deal with existing problems, or prevent anticipated ones. With HP Insight
Capacity Advisor software, you can make more informed decisions about re-configuring your
servers to improve the
quality of service or maintain it with a more efficient configuration.
Capacity Advisor allows you to size your system with more precision. This sizing is not based
on a simple peak utilization value, but on knowing the answers to questions such as whether
your system is more than 70% busy for an unacceptable percentage of the time.
For specific descriptions of each field shown on the user interface screens, click the on the
software screen.
Table 4-4 Checklist — Estimating the effect of adding processors
Related Procedure(s) Task
• “Creating an historic utilization report” (page 72) Determine the current quality of service for a desired
metric for systems under consideration. (See also
“Task:
Understand current resource usage” (page 35) .)
• “Creating a planning scenario” (page 86) Create a planning scenario that includes the systems to
which you would like to add processors.
• “Editing a system” (page 94) Simulate adding processors on selected systems.
• “Creating a scenario utilization report” (page 73) Evaluate new quality of service
Table 4-5 Checklist — Estimating the effect of moving processors
Related Procedure(s) Task
• “Creating an historic utilization report” (page 72) Determine the current quality of service for a desired
metric for systems under consideration. (See also
“Task:
Understand current resource usage” (page 35) .)
• “Creating a planning scenario” (page 86) Create a planning scenario that includes the systems that
could exchange processors.
• “Editing a system” (page 94) Simulate moving processors from donor systems to
receiver systems.
• “Creating a scenario utilization report” (page 73) Evaluate new quality of service
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