My vmware environment is pretty small, comprised of 5 hosts and we currently host about 50VMs on the environment with a mix of low priority and tier 1 applications.
Currently the front page of vCOPS shows that we have a capacity remaining of 2454 more VMs.
The Density score is low (2) and the numbers shown there are a bit puzzling too.
The Optimal VM:HOST ratio is currently shows is 502.4:1
The Optimal vMEM:Physical memory ratio is currently shown as 33:1.
While I appreciate vCOPS belief I could increase my VM count by a factor of 50 with my existing hardware, I don't think that seems like a realistic number. Is there a way to tone that down a little bit to provide a bit more conservative estimate of the hardware's capability?
I was looking through the policy configuration but nothing really stood out as something to change.
