Why should capacity planning be integrated with enterprise architecture?

To reduce the need for performance monitoring

To ensure that capacity decisions support the overall IT strategy and are consistent across the enterprise

To guarantee that no capacity issues ever occur

To ensure that all capacity planning is done by the architecture team

A multinational corporation is aligning its IT capacity planning with the enterprise architecture. The goal is to ensure that capacity decisions support the overall business strategy. Which practice best achieves this integration?

Use a single, generic capacity plan for all business units.

Focus capacity planning solely on the IT department's operational needs.

Let each business unit manage its own capacity planning independently.

Ensure capacity plans are reviewed and approved by the enterprise architecture board and aligned with IT strategy.

What is the primary purpose of performance monitoring in the context of capacity planning?

To automatically fix performance issues as they occur

To replace the need for capacity modeling

To ensure that all IT resources are used at 100% capacity

To track current resource usage and identify trends that inform future capacity decisions

What is the primary goal of capacity optimization strategies such as load balancing and resource pooling?

To guarantee that no resource ever fails

To maximize the utilization of existing resources while maintaining acceptable performance

To eliminate the need for additional capacity planning

To reduce the number of IT staff required to manage resources

What is the primary trade-off in capacity planning between over-provisioning and under-provisioning?

Over-provisioning reduces cost, while under-provisioning increases performance

Under-provisioning is always preferred because it saves money

Over-provisioning is always preferred because it eliminates risk

Over-provisioning increases cost, while under-provisioning risks performance degradation and business disruption

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