Data volume-based server hardware sizing using edge case analysis

A system, comprising:

• an input device;
• and
• a processor programmed to:
• receive, via the input device, customer data volume of a database and estimated transaction throughput requirements for a multi-tiered transaction system;
• compare the customer data volume to the estimated transaction throughput requirements;
• detect, based upon the comparison of the customer data volume to the estimated transaction throughput requirements, a customer data volume edge case for which server hardware is improperly sized by transaction-based hardware sizing;
• and
• calculate, using the customer data volume, a quantity of operational memory of a server sufficient to store the customer data volume generated under the detected customer data volume edge case during real-time transactional processing by the server.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, where the computer readable program code when executed on a computer causes the computer to:
• receive customer data volume of a database and estimated transaction throughput requirements for a multi-tiered transaction system;
• compare the customer data volume to the estimated transaction throughput requirements;
• detect, based upon the comparison of the customer data volume to the estimated transaction throughput requirements, a customer data volume edge case for which server hardware is improperly sized by transaction-based hardware sizing;
• and
• calculate, using the customer data volume, a quantity of operational memory of a server sufficient to store the customer data volume generated under the detected customer data volume edge case during real-time transactional processing by the server.