Method and system of simulating a data center

A computer-implemented method of testing transaction processes and multi-tier data center resources on an application resident on a client computing device, both the transaction processes and the multi-tier data center resources capable of being tested using a plurality of workload platforms and a plurality of application system platforms, the method comprising:

• defining the multi-tier data center resources and the transaction processes as input parameters on the application resident on the client computing device;
• sending, by a computer, the input parameters to a backend multi-tier data center simulation application;
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• receiving and displaying, by a computer, the results of the simulation application and its related input parameters for each of the transaction processes and the multi-tier data center resources, wherein the results are generated on the simulation application using the input parameters, the workload platform and any provisioned multi-tier data center resources, the results received and displayed in the application resident on the client computing device.

A system for optimizing the dynamic behavior of a multi-tier data center by implementing a simulation application that uses a plurality of workload platforms and application system platforms, the system comprising:

• a client computing device capable of executing a software application for receiving input parameters responsive to resources of a multi-tier data center and at least one transaction process;
• the client computing device capable of sending the input parameters responsive to the resources of a multi-tier data center and the transaction process to a second computing device over a network;
• the second computing device capable of executing a simulation application using the input parameters and at least one of a plurality of workload platforms, the simulation application capable of generating optimized output parameters by provisioning the resources of the multi-tier data center using the workload platform and input parameters, thereby simulating an optimized multi-tier data center;
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• the second computing device capable of transmitting the output parameters of the optimized multi-tier data center back to the software application on the client computing device.