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Describe what you need. We’ll estimate capacity and compare on-premises HCI, virtualization, and public cloud options.

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Workload profile

What will this environment support?

⚡High performanceBanking, healthcare/PACS, defense, AI/ML, databases, analytics, GPU graphics and rendering ▤File storageFile shares, archives, backup repositories, documents and content repositories ◫Web hostingE-commerce, portals, APIs, microservices, CMS, SaaS and streaming front ends ◇General purposeERP/CRM, email, identity, collaboration, dev/test, monitoring and mixed VMs

New workload capacity

Approximate demand for the new workload portion.

Number of usersConcurrent or active users Application / VM countServices, VMs, or instances Data to store (TB)Usable data before overhead Expected annual growthCapacity growth per year Performance intensityCPU and memory demand Availability targetResilience requirement Data sensitivitySecurity and residency Preferred operating modelOwnership and operations

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Annual growth calculator

Enter a starting amount and the expected amount after a period. You can use TB, users, transactions, or any consistent unit.

Starting amountFor example, 5 TB today Expected future amountFor example, 8.64 TB later Period (years)Time between both amounts

EXPECTED ANNUAL GROWTH20.0%5 growing to 8.64 over 3 years

Formula: (future amount ÷ starting amount)^{1 ÷ years} − 1

Planning horizon3 years

Additional requirements

Delivery & migration context

Choose whether the report covers a new build, a migration, or one combined target environment.

Solution scopeRequired choice controlling report capacity and migration content Current infrastructureRequired when migration is included Preferred destinationA preference increases that platform's fit score Acceptable migration downtimeDetermines replication and cutover approach Support priorityUsed for warranty and support guidance

Existing estate to migrate

Enter current allocated totals. Growth and resilience headroom will be applied automatically.

MIGRATED CAPACITY

Existing VM countVMs moving to the target Allocated vCPUTotal across existing VMs Allocated RAM (GB)Current assigned memory Used storage (TB)Current data to be migrated

Hardware warranty & lifecycle

Check HPE or Dell coverage and turn verified lifecycle dates into an action plan.

Hardware vendorWarranty and lifecycle links change with the vendor Serial numberHPE warranty checks may also request the product number Hardware modelEnter a model to search the built-in vendor lifecycle snapshot Product number (HPE only)Keep this ready for the HPE warranty portal Warranty expirationCopy the date shown by the official warranty lookup EOL / EOSL dateUse the vendor-published end-of-service date where available

Start typing a hardware model to see published lifecycle milestones.

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Find the right home
for your workloads.

Describe the outcome. I’ll build the plan.

Workload profile

New workload capacity

Annual growth calculator

Delivery & migration context

Existing estate to migrate

Hardware warranty & lifecycle

Recommended capacity

Platform comparison

Pros and cons

Hardware, lifecycle & migration guidance

Find the right homefor your workloads.

Describe the outcome. I’ll build the plan.

Workload profile

New workload capacity

Annual growth calculator

Delivery & migration context

Existing estate to migrate

Hardware warranty & lifecycle

Recommended capacity

Platform comparison

Pros and cons

Hardware, lifecycle & migration guidance

Find the right home
for your workloads.