Capacity Planning Tool updates 42nd Edition

This site contains the latest updates of the Capacity Planning Tool and summary of vendor published SPEC hardware platform benchmarks. You need Microsoft® Office® 2010 or higher to use the Capacity Planning Tool (Excel® 2016 is the current CPT development platform). QuickTime® media player is needed to view the videos.

It is recommended that users complete the System Architecture Design Strategies training before using the Capacity Planning tool.

March 2018 Capacity Planning Tool file download

 * Arc17CapacityPlanning0301.xlsx

The Arc17CapacityPlanning0301 release includes the following updates.

" Best Practice: Arc17CapacityPlanning1201 or later release should be used for Cloud platform capacity planning. "
 * HWPricing tab
 * Include pricing for 2018 platforms
 * Hardware tab
 * Include 2017 and 2018 Project Platform Candidates
 * Upgrade Azure generic VM platform performance
 * Calculator tab
 * Reduce virtual hypervisor overhead to 35 percent.
 * Adjust %DataCache to generate AGD Wkstn$ FSvc loads
 * Azure platform performance throughput lookup from hardware tab
 * Design Tab
 * Reduce virtual hypervisor overhead to 35 percent.
 * Azure platform performance throughput lookup from hardware tab
 * WFBaseline Tab
 * Add AGD wkstn$ FSvc baseline workflow

Hardware SPEC platform performance file download

 * HardwareSPEC.xlsx

Hardware vendor platform performance updates are published on SPEC. The HardwareSPEC workbook includes a download of published SPEC vendor benchmarks and Amazon EC2 virtual machines (AMI) for your use in capacity planning. Performance benchmark download date is identified on the workbook tab.

October 2017 Capacity Planning Tool file download

 * Arc17CapacityPlanning1001.xlsx

The Arc17CapacityPlanning1001 release includes the following updates.
 * Hardware tab
 * Include Azure machine instances (AZI) and pricing.
 * Update Amazon machine instances (AMI) and pricing.
 * Include new Xeon Gold 2017 Intel server platforms.
 * Calculator tab
 * Remove PortalShare use case from software selection.
 * Establish 3-tier Amazon and Azure VM platform sizing model.
 * Establish platform selection range in cell D8.
 * Amazon and Azure platform memory (Column I) YELLOW if VM memory is less than recommended.
 * Include Cloud VM pricing in cell T30.
 * Workflow tab
 * Remove PortalShare from standard workflow list.
 * Design tab
 * Baseline 4-tier generic platform configuration.
 * Establish 15-tier Amazon and Azure VM platform sizing model.
 * Platform tier column C memory cell YELLOW if Amazon or Azure VM memory less than recommended.
 * Include Amazon and Azure VM pricing.
 * Set default Cell O5 to Direct Connect architecture (remove selection options).

Arc17CapacityPlanning1001 CPT was development using Microsoft® Excel® 2016 platform, maintaining functional capability with Office 2010 and 2013.

July 2017 Capacity Planning Tool file download

 * Arc17CapacityPlanning0701.xlsx

The current System Architecture Design Strategies training class exercises will use the Arc17CapacityPlanning0701 CPT release.

The Arc17CapacityPlanning0701 release includes the following updates.
 * Update 2017 hardware pricing analysis.
 * Include GPU hardware and licensing pricing analysis.
 * Include WAN and Internet network bandwidth service pricing analysis.
 * Include hardware, GPU, and Network pricing analysis on CPT Calculator tab.
 * Increase GIS Server RAM recommendations to 4 GB per core.

Arc17CapacityPlanning0701 was development using Microsoft® Excel® 2016 platform, maintaining functional capability with Office 2010 and 2013.

Hardware SPEC platform performance file download

 * HardwareSPEC.xlsx

Hardware vendor platform performance updates are published on SPEC. The HardwareSPEC workbook includes a download of published SPEC vendor benchmarks and Amazon EC2 virtual machines (AMI) for your use in capacity planning. Performance benchmark download date is identified on the workbook tab.

Capacity Planning Tool instructional videos
Several CPT Demos provided during the System Architecture Design Strategies (SADS) training class are shared below. These videos demonstrate performance and scalability best practices shared throughout the System Design Strategies wiki chapters. The demos also share how to use the CPT for completing your system architecture design analysis.

The SADS training class demos are updated throughout the year to keep pace with technology changes.

July 2017 Arc17CapacityPlanning0701 demos

 * Chapter 1 System Design Process demo
 * Chapter 2 GIS Software Technology demo
 * Chapter 3 Software Performance demo
 * Chapter 4 Server Software Performance demo
 * Chapter 5: GIS Data Administration demo
 * Chapter 6: Network Communications demo
 * Chapter 7: Platform Performance demo

March 2018 Arc17CapacityPlanning0301 Chapter 9 demos
The March 2018 Arc17CapacityPlanning0301 CPT introduced ArcGIS Pro local desktop feature service caching and the new ArcGIS 10.6 Branch Versioning workflows with Web GIS feature editing.
 * Chapter 9: GIS Product Architecture
 * 09.1 CPT Calculator architecture demo
 * 09.2 CPT Design Generic architecture demo
 * 09.3 CPT Design Detailed architecture demo

October 2017 Arc17CapacityPlanning1001 Chapter 10 demos
The October 2017 Arc17CapacityPlanning1001 CPT introduced new Xeon Gold 2017 Intel platforms.
 * Chapter 10: Performance Management demos
 * 10.1 CPT Calculator and Design productivity adjustment capabilities demo
 * 10.2 CPT platform performance demo
 * 10.3 CPT Test performance validation demo

City of Rome Arc17CapacityPlanning0701 Chapter 11 demos

 * Chapter 11: City of Rome case study
 * 11.1 City of Rome Executive Summary demo
 * 11.2 Phase 1: City of Rome existing operations demo
 * 11.3 Phase 1: ArcGIS Enterprise IOC demo
 * 11.4 Phase 1 Vector tile basemap deployment demo
 * 11.5 Phase 1: Upgrade WTS host platform tier to support remote ArcGIS Pro clients demo
 * 11.6 Phase 2: Water Utility Solution demo

Legacy capacity planning tools
Legacy capacity planning tools are available for reference purposes. The latest capacity planning tool release includes the most current workflows and functionality.

February 2017 Capacity Planning Tool file download

 * Arc16CapacityPlanning0201.xlsx

The Arc16CapacityPlannning0201 release includes the following updates.
 * Include additional 5 platform tier – 15 total on Design tab.
 * Include additional 2 host platform tier – 5 total on Design tab.
 * Add capability to register workflow services with Portal on Design tab (Design tab column W).
 * Include Workflow Performance Summary graphic colors for associated Design platform tier.
 * Allow flexible NIC bandwidth selections on Design platform tier.
 * Resolve Calculator and Design consistency error for Pro multi-thread response time.
 * MDS host assignment (Calculator cell A11) yellow when selecting and Imagery workflow.
 * Design tab Software configuration MDS cell "blue" for Imagery workflow.
 * Include ArcGIS Pro VDI host platform fixed node calculations on Calculator and Design tabs.
 * Identifies ArcGIS Pro VDI host platform peak geoprocessing jobs on Calculator and Design tabs.

Arc16CapacityPlanning0201 was development using Microsoft® Excel® 2016 platform, maintaining functional capability with Office 2010 and 2013.

July 2016 Capacity Planning Tool file download

 * Arc16CapacityPlanning0701.xlsx

The Arc16CapacityPlannning0701 release includes the following updates.
 * Update baseline workflow service times to Arc16 baseline.
 * Update CPT models to support Arc16 baseline.
 * Remove release specific baseline workflows (retained as legacy workflows in Workflow tab).
 * CPT Standard Workflow candidates are updated to support selection of Medium and Heavy complexity workflows.

Arc16CapacityPlanning0701 was development using Microsoft® Excel® 2016 platform, maintaining functional capability with Office 2010 and 2013.

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