Forecast used capacity

About this task

Forecast capacity using the used capacity data of your storage device as per the expected growth rate. You can forecast the capacity for different resource types such as Storage devices, pools, tiers, STaaS environments.

Procedure

  1. From the Insights menu, click Capacity Planning. By default, Block Storage System are displayed.
  2. Click on Resource type drop down list to select the storage device type.
  3. Choose one or more device or a STaaS environment and click Next.
  4. Click on selected storage systems to change the date.
  5. Enter the past and future dates in Forecasting Timeframe and click Apply.
    Adjusted Used Capacity
  6. In Expected growth capacity (%) column, enter percentage value to get the forecast values of your resources.
  7. You will get the AI powered accurate metrics in Forecast Summary and a chart that show the predicted capacity growth in Growth Projection of the resources.
    Adjusted Used Capacity
    Note: This metric informs you about the projected time of reaching your capacity limit and the forecasted surplus or deficit in capacity.
    Important: If you select multiple devices, two tabs Aggregate and BreakDown will appear. To check values of each storage device click BreakDown tab and select the device.