Workload performance projection via surrogate program analysis for future information handling systems

A performance projection system comprising:

• multiple currently existing information handling systems (IHSs);
• a test information handling system (IHS), the test IHS including:
• a processor;
• a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing a virtualized future IHS;
• a user application program that executes on the multiple IHSs;
• first and second surrogate programs that execute on the multiple IHSs and the virtualized future IHS;
• wherein the test IHS is configured to:
• store runtime data for the first surrogate software program as the first surrogate software program executes on the multiple existing IHSs and the virtualized future IHS;
• generate an aggregate of performance data of the first and second surrogate software programs;
• store runtime data for the second surrogate software program as the second surrogate program executes on the multiple existing IHSs and the virtualized future IHS;
• normalize the runtime data for the user software program and the first and second surrogate software programs with respect to runtime data of a particular existing IHS of the multiple existing IHSs, thus providing normalized runtime data;
• normalize the aggregate of the performance data with respect to runtime data of the particular existing IHS of the multiple existing IHSs;
• compare normalized runtime data of the first and second surrogate software programs and the aggregate with respect to the normalized runtime data of the user software program;
• determine a best fit surrogate software program based on a result of comparing the normalized runtime data for the first and second surrogate software programs with respect to the normalized runtime data of the user software program and based on a result of comparing normalized first and second surrogate software programs and the aggregate with respect to the normalized runtime data of the user software program;
• and
• selecting the normalized runtime data of the best fit surrogate software program executing on the virtualized future IHS as representing projected runtime data for the user software application.