Method and system of an integrated simulation tool using business patterns and scripts

A first computer system for estimating the performance of a second computer system comprising a plurality of target devices, said first computer system comprising:

• a computer;
• and
• one or more computer programs executed by said first computer system for performing the steps of:
• identifying a business pattern from a plurality of business patterns representative of the expected usage of said second computer system;
• establishing a value for each parameter in a plurality of parameters associated with each script in a plurality of predefined scripts, wherein said plurality of predefined scripts corresponds to said identified business pattern;
• identifying hardware characteristics and performance objectives of said second computer system;
• and
• calculating a performance estimate for said second computer system utilizing said parameter values, said hardware characteristics and said performance objectives.

An article of manufacture comprising a program storage device readable by a first computer system and tangibly embodying one or more programs of instructions executable by said first computer system to perform method steps for estimating the performance of a second computer system comprising a plurality of target devices, said method steps comprising the steps of:

• identifying a business pattern from a plurality of business patterns representative of the expected usage of said second computer system;
• establishing a value for each parameter in a plurality of parameters associated with each script in a plurality of predefined scripts, wherein said plurality of predefined scripts corresponds to said identified business pattern;
• identifying hardware characteristics and performance objectives of said second computer system;
• and
• calculating a performance estimate for said second computer system utilizing said parameter values, said hardware characteristics and said performance objectives.

A method for estimating the performance of a computer system comprising a plurality of target devices, said method comprising the steps of:

• receiving a plurality of business patterns from a modeling tool for projecting system performance of said computer system;
• selecting a business pattern from said plurality of business patterns representative of the expected usage of said computer system;
• providing a value for each parameter in a plurality of parameters associated with each script in a plurality of predefined scripts, wherein said plurality of predefined scripts corresponds to said selected business pattern;
• specifying hardware characteristics and performance objectives of said computer system;
• and
• invoking said modeling tool to project system performance of said computer system, whereby said modeling tool utilizes said parameter values, said hardware characteristics and said performance objectives to calculate said system performance projection.