Automatic Configuration Sampling for Managing Configuration Parameters of a Computer System

A computer program product for managing configuration parameters of a computer system, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code being configured to:
• automatically alter at least one configuration parameter of said computer system to generate a plurality of different configurations of said computer system at respective corresponding measurement intervals;
• automatically measure at least one workrate metric at each said measurement interval to determine a respective workrate corresponding to each configuration of said plurality of different configurations, each said workrate being an instantaneous value representing an amount of work per unit time being processed by at least a portion of said computer system at a respective particular point in time, each said workrate metric being an actual measurement representing said workrate;
• automatically compare the workrates determined by said automatically measuring at least one workrate metric to determine a respective optimum value of each of said at least one configuration parameter according to at least one optimization criterion;
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• responsive to automatically comparing the workrates determined by said automatically measuring at least one workrate metric to determine a respective optimum value of each of at least one said configuration parameter according to at least one optimization criterion, automatically set said at least one configuration parameter of said computer system to the respective optimum value of each of said at least one configuration parameter according to said at least one optimization criterion.