Performance engineering

A system comprising:

• one or more computers;
• and
• one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
• providing, by a computing device and to a cloud computing system that is configured to implement multiple different types of virtual computing nodes, an instruction to execute an application on a virtual computing node that is a first type of virtual computing node of the multiple different types of virtual computing nodes;
• monitoring, by the computing device, performance of the virtual computing node while the virtual computing node executes the application and while users interact with the application;
• based on monitoring the performance of the virtual computing node while the virtual computing node executes the application and while the users interact with the application, determining, by the computing device, computing performance parameters of the virtual computing node while the virtual computing node executes the application and while the users interact with the application;
• based on (i) the computing performance parameters of the virtual computing node while the virtual computing node executes the application and while the users interact with the application and (ii) the virtual computing node being the first type of virtual computing node of the multiple different types of virtual computing nodes:
• determining, by the computing device, to execute the application on both the virtual computing node and an additional virtual computing node of the cloud computing system;
• and
• selecting, from among the multiple different types of virtual computing nodes, a second type of virtual computing node for the additional virtual computing node;
• and
• based on (i) determining to execute the application on both the virtual computing node and the additional virtual computing node and (ii) selecting the second type of virtual computing node for the additional virtual computing node, providing, by the computing device and to the cloud computing system, an instruction to execute the application on the virtual computing node and the additional virtual computing node.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

• providing, by a computing device and to a cloud computing system that is configured to implement multiple different types of virtual computing nodes, an instruction to execute an application on a virtual computing node that is a first type of virtual computing node of the multiple different types of virtual computing nodes;
• monitoring, by the computing device, performance of the virtual computing node while the virtual computing node executes the application and while users interact with the application;
• based on monitoring the performance of the virtual computing node while the virtual computing node executes the application and while the users interact with the application, determining, by the computing device, computing performance parameters of the virtual computing node while the virtual computing node executes the application and while the users interact with the application;
• based on (i) the computing performance parameters of the virtual computing node while the virtual computing node executes the application and while the users interact with the application and (ii) the virtual computing node being the first type of virtual computing node of the multiple different types of virtual computing nodes:
• determining, by the computing device, to execute the application on both the virtual computing node and an additional virtual computing node of the cloud computing system;
• and
• selecting, from among the multiple different types of virtual computing nodes, a second type of virtual computing node for the additional virtual computing node;
• and
• based on (i) determining to execute the application on both the virtual computing node and the additional virtual computing node and (ii) selecting the second type of virtual computing node for the additional virtual computing node, providing, by the computing device and to the cloud computing system, an instruction to execute the application on the virtual computing node and the additional virtual computing node.