Is Capacity Management still relevant today?

How to implement an effective capacity management system in the era of Kubernetes.

With the growth of automated, scalable frameworks, such as Kubernetes, hosted on flexible (hybrid) cloud or AWS, Azure, and GCP, many IT organizations have concluded that capacity planning as we know it has completed its mission.

Not so fast. 

Capacity Optimization is relevant in the cloud era precisely because the cloud removes the friction at the foundation of budget controls. Accurately describing the recent past, We believe that capacity and cloud cost management should be a top priority for today’s CIOs.

In this guide:

 A brief history of capacity optimization and conventional wisdom that can be dangerous.

  The 5 essential steps to follow to implement successful cloud-native capacity management.