HP XP7 Storage - Manual (Page 42)

3. With a base bandwidth value established, make adjustments for growth and a safety factor.
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Projected growth rate accounts for the increase expected in write-workload over a 1, 2,
or 3 year period.
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A safety factor adds extra bandwidth for unusually high spikes that did not occur during
write-workload measurement but could.
42 Planning the data path