Determining a performance prediction model for a target data analytics application

An apparatus for determining a performance prediction model for a target data analytics application, the apparatus comprising:

• an application determining module configured to determine a first reference data analytics application, from a plurality of data analytics application, based, at least in part, on similarity to the target data analytics application;
• a data acquiring module configured to acquire a configuration-performance data pair of the target data analytics application, the configuration-performance data pair including configuration data of the target data analytics application's own runtime environment and performance data of the target data analytics application in its own runtime environment;
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• a model determining module configured to determine the performance prediction model for the target data analytics application based, at least in part, on the configuration-performance data pair of the target data analytics application and a configuration-performance data pair of the first reference data analytics application.

A computer program product for determining a performance prediction model for a target data analytics application, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon:

• first program instructions programmed to select a first reference data analytics application, from a plurality of data analytics application, with the selection being based, at least in part, on similarity to the target data analytics application;
• second program instructions programmed to acquire a configuration-performance data pair of the target data analytics application, the configuration-performance data pair including configuration data of the target data analytics application's own runtime environment and performance data of the target data analytics application in its own runtime environment;
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• third program instructions programmed to determining the performance prediction model for the target data analytics application based, at least in part, on the configuration-performance data pair of the target data analytics application and a configuration-performance data pair of the first reference data analytics application.