System and program to automatically identify a server on which to deploy an application

A system for determining one of a plurality of servers on which to install and execute an application, said system comprising:

• means for obtaining information from each of said plurality of servers as to amounts of availability of their respective CPUs, RAMs and storage;
• means for determining one or more of said servers which have sufficient CPU, RAM and storage to execute said application;
• means for determining a weight for each of said amounts for said one or more servers;
• means for summing together, for each of said one or more servers, the weights for their respective amounts of availability of said CPUs, RAMs and storage;
• and
• means for determining which of said one or more servers has a highest sum, whereby said server with the highest sum is recommended to execute said application.

A method for determining one of a plurality of servers on which to install and execute an application, said method comprising the steps of:

• obtaining information from each of said plurality of servers as to amounts of availability of their respective CPUs, RAMs and storage;
• determining one or more of said servers which have sufficient CPU, RAM and storage to execute said application;
• determining a weight for each of said amounts for said one or more servers;
• summing together, for each of said one or more servers, the weights for their respective amounts of availability of said CPUs, RAMs and storage;
• and
• determining which of said one or more servers has a highest sum.

A computer program product for determining one of a plurality of servers on which to install and execute an application, said program product comprising:

• a computer readable medium;
• first program instructions to obtain information from each of said plurality of servers as to amounts of utilization of their respective CPUs at a multiplicity of sample times;
• second program instructions to obtain an estimate of amounts of CPU utilization of said application on each of said servers at said multiplicity of sample times;
• and
• third program instructions to combine together, for each of said plurality of servers at each of said sample times, the amounts of utilization of their respective CPUs and the estimated amounts of CPU utilization of said application, and determine which of said plurality of servers on which to execute said application based in part on the respective combined amounts of utilization of their respective CPUs and the estimated amounts of CPU utilization of said application;
• and wherein
• said first, second and third program instructions are recorded on said medium.

A method for determining one of a plurality of servers on which to install and execute an application, said method comprising the steps of:

• obtaining information from each of said plurality of servers as to amounts of utilization of their respective CPUs at a multiplicity of sample times;
• obtaining an estimate of amounts of CPU utilization of said application on each of said servers at said multiplicity of sample times;
• and
• combining together, for each of said plurality of servers at each of said sample times, the amounts of utilization of their respective CPUs and the estimated amounts of CPU utilization of said application, and determining which of said plurality of servers on which to execute said application based in part on the respective combined amounts of utilization of their respective CPUs and the estimated amounts of CPU utilization of said application.