Dynamic capacity assessment of devices in a data center

A computing device comprising:

• at least one computer processor;
• and
• a memory comprising instructions that when executed by the at least one computer processor cause the at least one computer processor to:
• receive feature usage data indicating, for each network device feature of a plurality of network device features, a number of instances of the network device feature stored by a network device that uses the network device feature to implement one or more interconnection services configured in the network device, wherein each of the interconnection services interconnects two networks and wherein the network device comprises one of a switch or a router;
• receive resource utilization data indicating, for each network device feature of the network device features, resource utilization of a network device resource of the network device for different numbers of instances of the network device feature stored by the network device;
• determine, for each network device feature of the network device features and based on the resource utilization data, resource utilization of the network device resource by the number of instances of the network device feature stored by the network device as indicated by the feature usage data;
• combine the respective resource utilizations of the network device resource by the network device features to determine a total network device resource utilization for the network device resource;
• and
• output, based on the total network device resource utilization and the resource utilization data, an indication of whether the network device resource has capacity to implement a prospective interconnection service that will require additional instances of one or more of the plurality of network device features,
• wherein to output the indication of whether the network device resource has capacity to implement the prospective interconnection service, the instructions cause the at least one computer processor to:
• output an indication the network device resource has capacity to implement the prospective interconnection service to cause a programmable network platform to configure the network device with the prospective interconnection service.

A system comprising:

• a colocation facility comprising network infrastructure to provide one or more network services to customer networks of customers colocated within the colocation facility;
• a programmable network platform configured for execution by one or more computing devices of a colocation facility provider for the colocation facility to configure the network infrastructure to provide the one or more networks services, the programmable network platform configured to:
• receive feature usage data indicating, for each network device feature of a plurality of network device features, a number of instances of the network device feature stored by a network device that uses the network device feature to implement one or more interconnection services configured in the network device, wherein each of the interconnection services interconnects two networks and wherein the network device comprises one of a switch or a router;
• receive resource utilization data indicating, for each network device feature of the network device features, resource utilization of a network device resource of the network device for different numbers of instances of the network device feature stored by the network device;
• determine, for each network device feature of the network device features and based on the resource utilization data, resource utilization of the network device resource by the number of instances of the network device feature stored by the network device as indicated by the feature usage data;
• combine the respective resource utilizations of the network device resource by the network device features to determine a total network device resource utilization for the network device resource;
• and
• output, based on the total network device resource utilization and the resource utilization data, an indication of whether the network device resource has capacity to implement a prospective interconnection service that will require additional instances of one or more of the plurality of network device features, wherein to output the indication of whether the network device resource has capacity to implement the prospective interconnection service the programmable network platform is configured to output an indication the network device resource has capacity to implement the prospective interconnection service to cause the programmable network platform to configure the network device with the prospective interconnection service.