Method of semi-automatic data collection, data analysis, and model generation for the performance analysis of enterprise applications

A performance modeling computer system for maintaining and improving end user performance of a system of interconnected computers, operating a plurality of applications, the performance modeling computer system in communication with a set of resource data, a set of network data and a set of application data derived from the system of interconnected computers comprising:

• a pipeline application, running on a processor connected to the system of interconnected computers, for processing the set of resource data, the set of network data and the set of application data, the pipeline application further comprising a first converter device, a second converter device and a third converter device;
• the first converter device, in communication with the system of interconnected computers, for organizing the set of resource data, the set of network data and the set of application data into a plurality of data records;
• the second converter device, in communication with the system of interconnected computers, for organizing the plurality of data records into a plurality of data arrays;
• the third converter device, in communication with the system of interconnected computers, for organizing the plurality of data arrays into a plurality of hash tables;
• the plurality of data arrays including a data array that is organized into a network standard format wherein the network standard format further includes a time series of values comprising at least a time stamp value, a source address value, a destination address value, a relative time value, a delta time value, a size value, a protocol value, a summary value and a tags value including a set of color coding tags for visualization purposes;
• a disk storage means for storing and retrieving the plurality of hash tables;
• a graphic user interface, on a display device connected to the system of interconnected computers, for representing the plurality of hash tables as a set of results to maintain and improve end user performance of the system of interconnected computers.