Which statement best describes capacity planning in a storage environment?

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Which statement best describes capacity planning in a storage environment?

Capacity planning focuses on forecasting future storage needs and making sure the environment has enough capacity and adequate performance to meet workloads. It involves looking at growth trends, data retention, and workload characteristics to predict when capacity will be exhausted and what performance levels will be required, then planning expansions, tiering, or upgrades accordingly. This proactive approach helps maintain service levels and avoid slowdowns or outages as demand increases. Scheduling daily backups is about data protection, while designing a filesystem for each NAS volume is about storage architecture, and simply evaluating current capacity captures the present state without addressing future needs and performance guarantees.

Capacity planning focuses on forecasting future storage needs and making sure the environment has enough capacity and adequate performance to meet workloads. It involves looking at growth trends, data retention, and workload characteristics to predict when capacity will be exhausted and what performance levels will be required, then planning expansions, tiering, or upgrades accordingly. This proactive approach helps maintain service levels and avoid slowdowns or outages as demand increases. Scheduling daily backups is about data protection, while designing a filesystem for each NAS volume is about storage architecture, and simply evaluating current capacity captures the present state without addressing future needs and performance guarantees.

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