Data analysis for predictive scaling of container(s) based on prior user transaction(s)

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• one or more processors in communication with the memory;
• and
• program instructions executable by the one or more processors via the memory to perform a method, the method comprising:
• obtaining, by one or more processors, prior transaction data on one or more of a user's prior transactions on one or more transaction-centric applications;
• analyzing, by the one or more processors, the prior transaction data to predict whether a current transaction of the user on an application is deterministic or non-deterministic as to one or more functional layers of multiple functional layers of the application;
• and
• based on predicting that the user transaction is deterministic as to the one or more functional layers of the application:
• determining, by the one or more processors, compute resource requirements for the deterministic transaction;
• and
• launching, by the one or more processors, one or more containers in advance to run the one or more functional layers based, at least in part, on the computed resource requirements of the deterministic transaction.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer-readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions being executable by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to:
• obtain, by the one or more processors, prior transaction data on one or more of a user's prior transactions on one or more transaction-centric applications;
• analyze, by the one or more processors, the prior transaction data to predict whether a current transaction of the user on an application is deterministic or non-deterministic as to one or more functional layers of multiple functional layers of the application;
• and
• based on predicting that the user transaction is deterministic as to the one or more functional layers of the application:
• determine, by the one or more processors, compute resource requirements for the deterministic transaction;
• and
• launch, by the one or more processors, one or more containers in advance to run the one or more functional layers based, at least in part, on the computed resource requirements of the deterministic transaction.