ERP IT INFRASTRUCTURE SCALABILITY ASSESSMENT CHECKLIST 2026

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--- COMPUTE & PROCESSING CAPACITY ---
[ ] Current CPU Utilization Peak (%)
[ ] Projected Annual Growth Rate (%)
[ ] Current Compute Environment Type (On-Premise Bare Metal, Virtual Machines (VMware/Hyper-V), Public Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), Hybrid Infrastructure)
[ ] Scaling Bottleneck Risks (CPU Saturation, RAM/Memory Exhaustion, I/O Wait Times, Insufficient Threading/Concurrency)
[ ] Mitigation Strategy for Capacity Shortfalls
[ ] Infrastructure Performance Report

--- STORAGE & DATA EXPANSION REQUIREMENTS ---
[ ] Current Storage Utilization (TB)
[ ] Projected 3-Year Growth Rate (%)
[ ] Primary Storage Architecture (On-Premises SAN/NAS, Cloud-Native Object Storage, Hybrid Cloud Storage, Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI))
[ ] Storage Redundancy Methods (RAID Configuration, Erasure Coding, Geographic Replication, Snapshot-based Backups)
[ ] Data Retention & Archiving Strategy
[ ] Storage Capacity Forecast Report

--- NETWORK BANDWIDTH & LATENCY OPTIMIZATION ---
[ ] Current Network Throughput (Mbps/Gbps)
[ ] Average Network Latency (ms)
[ ] Primary Connection Type (Dedicated Fiber, SD-WAN, MPLS, Broadband/Public Internet, Satellite)
[ ] Identified Bandwidth Bottlenecks (Saturated Uplink, High Packet Loss, VPN Overhead, Hardware Congestion, DNS Latency)
[ ] Latency Mitigation Strategy
[ ] Network Topology Diagram

--- DATABASE SCALABILITY & PERFORMANCE ---
[ ] Database Partitioning & Sharding Strategy
[ ] Current Database Growth Rate (GB/Month)
[ ] Primary Database Architecture Type (Relational (RDBMS), NoSQL, Distributed/NewSQL, Hybrid)
[ ] Performance Optimization Techniques Implemented (Indexing, Query Optimization, Read Replicas, Caching (e.g., Redis/Memcached), Database Archiving)
[ ] Recent Database Performance Benchmark Report
[ ] Next Scheduled Database Maintenance Window

--- CLOUD & HYBRID INFRASTRUCTURE ELASTICITY ---
[ ] Primary Infrastructure Deployment Model (Public Cloud, , Hybrid Cloud, On-Premises)
[ ] Auto-scaling Configuration Overview
[ ] Target Peak User Capacity (Projected)
[ ] Elasticity Features Currently Implemented (Auto-scaling Groups, Load Balancing, Serverless Functions, Content Delivery Network (CDN), Dynamic Resource Provisioning)
[ ] Infrastructure Scalability Architecture Diagram

--- DISASTER RECOVERY & HIGH AVAILABILITY (HA) ARCHITECTURE ---
[ ] Current Failover Strategy (Active-Passive, Active-Active, Cold Standby, Multi-Region / Geo-Redundant)
[ ] Target Recovery Time Objective (RTO) in Minutes
[ ] Target Recovery Point Objective (RPO) in Minutes
[ ] Redundancy Components Verified (Database Mirroring/Replication, Load Balancer Redundancy, Storage Replication, Network Path Redundancy, Power Supply Redundancy (UPS/Generator))
[ ] Date of Last Disaster Recovery Drill
[ ] Identified Infrastructure Vulnerabilities
[ ] Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) Documentation
[ ] Infrastructure Architect Approval

--- INTEGRATION & API THROUGHABILITY ---
[ ] Primary Integration Architecture Type (RESTful APIs, SOAP Web Services, EDI (Electronic Data Interchange), Flat File / SFTP Transfers, Event-Driven / Webhooks)
[ ] Current Peak API Requests Per Minute (RPM)
[ ] Integrated Third-Party Systems (CRM (Customer Relationship Management), SCM (Supply Chain Management), Banking/Payment Gateways, E-commerce Platforms, Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), Human Capital Management (HCM))
[ ] API Throughput Bottleneck Assessment
[ ] API Documentation & Mapping Schemas
[ ] Last Integration Scalability Audit Date

--- SECURITY & PERIMETER SCALABILITY ---
[ ] Active Security Layers (Web Application Firewall (WAF), Intrusion Detection/Prevention System (IDS/IPS), DDoS Protection Service, API Gateway Security, Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA))
[ ] Security Scaling Bottlenecks
[ ] Max Concurrent Connection Threshold
[ ] Security Inspection Method (In-line Inspection, Out-of-band Inspection, Agent-based Inspection)
[ ] Security Architecture Diagram
[ ] Last Security Perimeter Audit Date

--- MONITORING & OBSERVABILITY FRAMEWORK ---
[ ] Monitored Infrastructure Components (CPU Utilization, Memory Usage, Disk I/O & Storage Latency, Network Throughput, Application Response Time, Database Query Performance)
[ ] Alerting Threshold Severity Level (Critical - Immediate Action Required, Warning - Investigation Needed, Info - Log for Trend Analysis)
[ ] Current Alert Response Time (Minutes)
[ ] Observability Gaps & Identified Risks
[ ] Current Monitoring Configuration Documentation
[ ] Last Monitoring Audit Date
[ ] Infrastructure Architect Approval

--- COST MANAGEMENT & RESOURCE EFFICIENCY ---
[ ] Current Monthly Infrastructure Spend
[ ] Projected Annual Budget Increase (%)
[ ] Cost Optimization Strategy (On-demand scaling, Reserved Instances / Committed Use, Fixed Capacity, Hybrid Scaling)
[ ] Cost Leakage Risk Areas (Unused/Zombie Resources, Over-provisioned Instances, Data Egress Fees, Unmanaged Storage, License Overages)
[ ] Budgetary Risk Assessment
[ ] Infrastructure Cost Report

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