Network evaluation program, network evaluation method, and network evaluation device

A network evaluation method comprising:

• deploying, in each physical machine of a system in which one or more physical machines and one or more physical storage devices are connected via a physical path, a first virtual machine to execute software of applying a steady access load with respect to the physical storage device or a second virtual machine to execute software of applying a fluctuating access load with respect to the physical storage device;
• and
• identifying a plurality of the virtual machines that share a same physical path, based on a measurement result of throughput for a case where at least one or more of the second virtual machines and one or more of the first virtual machines have been executed in a same time period.

A network evaluation device comprising:

• a deploying unit that deploys, in each physical machine of a system in which one or more physical machines and one or more physical storage devices are connected via a physical path, a first virtual machine to execute software of applying a steady access load with respect to the physical storage device or a second virtual machine to execute software of applying a fluctuating access load with respect to the physical storage device;
• and
• an identifying unit that identifies a plurality of the virtual machines that share a same physical path, based on a measurement result of throughput for a case where at least one or more of the second virtual machines and one or more of the first virtual machines have been executed in a same time period.