Convert varchar to decimal - arithmetic overflow

I'm using SQL Server 2014 and I'm trying to convert data from a staging table over to a production table. I seem to be getting an Arithmetic overflow error converting varchar to numeric on the decimal conversion. I'm sure I've overlooked something with the
syntax of the CONVERT.
This is the staging table:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[staging_table](
[TimeIndex] [varchar](100) NULL,
[Cluster] [varchar](100) NULL,
[AvgMem] [varchar](100) NULL,
[AvgCPU] [varchar](100) NULL,
[TotalMemory] [varchar](100) NULL,
[TotalCPU] [varchar](100) NULL,
[Datacenter] [varchar](100) NULL,
[vCenter] [varchar](100) NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
This is the prod table I'm moving it to:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Clusters](
[ClusterID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[ClusterName] [varchar](25) NULL,
[DatacenterName] [varchar](25) NULL,
[TimeIndex] [datetime] NULL,
[AvgCPU] [decimal](5, 2) NULL,
[AvgMem] [decimal](5, 2) NULL,
[TotalCPU] [decimal](8, 2) NULL,
[TotalMem] [decimal](8, 2) NULL,
[vCenterID] [int] NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_Clusters_1] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
[ClusterID] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]
and here's an example INSERT INTO statement throwing the error:
INSERT INTO [dbo].[Clusters] (ClusterName,DatacenterName,TimeIndex,AvgCPU,AvgMem,TotalCPU,TotalMem,vCenterID)
SELECT SUBSTRING(Cluster,1,25) AS ClusterName,
SUBSTRING(Datacenter,1,25) AS DatacenterName,
CONVERT(datetime,TimeIndex,103) AS TimeIndex,
CONVERT(decimal(5,2),AvgCPU) AS AvgCPU,
CONVERT(decimal(5,2),AvgMem) AS AvgMem,
CONVERT(decimal(8,2),TotalCPU) AS TotalCPU,
CONVERT(decimal(8,2),TotalMemory) AS TotalMem,
'3' FROM [dbo].[staging_table]
Sample data is 0.00 to 100.00 in fields AvgCPU and AvgMem, and TotalCPU and TotalMem usually goes up to about 7 digits with no decimal (eg. 7543253) but could be 8 and although I've never seen a decimal I wouldn't rule it out so decided to account for it.
I assume it's something I've overlooked with the syntax but any ideas would help.
Thanks
Adam

The problem is your precision and scale you are assigning to your decimals.
decimal(5,2) = this is a total of 5 digits, 3 digits for the whole number and 2 for the fractional.
decimal(8,2) = this is a total of 8 digits, 6 digits for the whole number and 2 for the fractional.
So converting a varchar of 7 or 8 digits for TotalCPU or TotalMem will give you an error because your definition will actually only allow for 6 digits of storage. You could test this by doing decimal(8,0) or decimal(10,2) both which will allow for up to
8 whole numbers.
If you are worried about space Sql Server will allocate a set number of bytes for ranges based on the precision (first number in the parenthesis). See this page which explains in detail how much space each range takes up and also further details on
decimal and numerics.
-Igor

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