Serveritarpeet

Serveritarpeet is a Finnish information technology term that denotes the set of resources and configurations required for a server to perform its intended functions. It includes hardware components such as CPU capacity, memory, storage speed and capacity, and network bandwidth, as well as software aspects like the operating system, virtualization layer, and installed services.

The concept applies to physical servers, virtual machines, and cloud instances, and it covers both baseline requirements for normal operation and peak requirements for periods of high demand. It also encompasses planning for scalability, backup strategies, and disaster recovery.

Many factors influence serveritarpeet, including workload type (web hosting, databases, file services), expected concurrency, latency targets, data growth, and regulatory or security requirements. Resource planning commonly uses metrics such as CPU utilization, memory usage, input/output operations per second, disk latency, and network throughput to define minimum and recommended levels.

Stakeholders typically produce a requirements document outlining minimum and recommended resources, redundancy, and backup needs. Capacity planning and load testing validate targets, while monitoring and tuning sustain performance. In cloud environments, serveritarpeet are expressed as instance types or service tiers and can be adjusted dynamically.

Examples vary by use case: a small web application might need a few vCPUs and several gigabytes of RAM; a transactional database requires more memory and faster storage; high-traffic services demand greater network bandwidth and stronger redundancy. The term is common in Finnish IT literature and is not tied to a single international standard, but aligns with general capacity planning practices.

Related topics include capacity planning, performance benchmarking, and system requirements.