Performance estimation tool for data storage systems
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsDavid Prekeges, Woodson Long, Donald Wake
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Abstract
A tool for estimating performance of a data storage system includes a database comprising performance data for a plurality of possible data storage system configurations; and a computer or processor for receiving user input defining a data storage system configuration, retrieving recorded performance data corresponding to the data storage system configuration from the database, and calculating estimated performance data for the data storage system configuration based on the data from the database.
Claims35
A tool for estimating performance of a data storage system, said tool comprising:
- a database comprising performance data for a plurality of possible data storage system configurations;
- and
- a computer or processor for receiving user input defining a data storage system configuration, retrieving recorded performance data corresponding to said data storage system configuration from said database, and calculating estimated performance data for said data storage system configuration based on the recorded performance data from said database.
Software stored on a medium for storing computer-readable instructions, said software, when executed, causing a computer or processor to:
- receive user input defining a data storage system configuration;
- retrieve recorded performance data corresponding to said data storage system configuration from a database;
- and
- calculate estimated performance data for said data storage system configuration based on the data from said database.
A method of estimating performance of a data storage system, said method comprising:
- receiving user input defining a data storage system configuration;
- retrieving recorded performance data corresponding to said data storage system configuration from a database;
- and
- calculating estimated performance data for said data storage system configuration based on the data from said database.
A device for estimating performance of a data storage system, said device comprising:
- means for receiving user input defining a data storage system configuration;
- means for retrieving recorded performance data corresponding to said data storage system configuration from a database;
- and
- means for calculating estimated performance data for said data storage system configuration based on the data from said database.
A method of doing business in which data storage equipment is sold, said method comprising:
- defining performance criteria desired from a data storage system;
- proposing a data storage system configuration in accordance with said performance criteria;
- and
- validating said proposed data storage system configuration against said performance criteria with an automated performance estimation tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.