Sizing an infrastructure configuration optimized for a workload mix using a predictive model

US8055493B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Jerome Rolia · Fort Collins, US
• Sebastian Gaisbauer · Neuenbürg, DE
• Sebastian Schneider · Bayreuth, DE
• Nigel Edwards · Bristol, GB
• Johannes Kirschnick · Bristol, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 30, 2009
• Grant date: Nov 8, 2011
• Expiry date: May 28, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F9/455
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Sizing an infrastructure configuration optimized for a workload mix includes: receiving the workload mix; identifying demand estimates for the one or more predefined benchmarks; applying a predictive model to identify an initial infrastructure configuration having a size anticipated to meet the demand estimates; instructing a virtualized-aware testing service (VATS) test controller to perform a test of the initial infrastructure configuration in a virtualized environment, where performance of the test generates at least one test result; determining whether the at least one test result satisfies a predetermined requirement as identified in the workload mix; and outputting the determination of whether the at least one test result satisfies the predetermined requirement.