Hardware sizing

A system comprising:

• a selection device configured to receive a selection of a first machine and a base machine;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• obtain a first throughput value and a first capacity value for the first machine;
• obtain a base throughput value and base capacity value for the base machine;
• normalize the first throughput value to the base throughput value to produce a normalized throughput value;
• normalize the first capacity value to the base capacity value to produce a normalized capacity value;
• determine a workload weight for the first machine, based at least in part on comparing the first machine to the base machine;
• and
• calculate a workload metric for the first machine as a weighted average of the normalized throughput value and the normalized capacity value, where the normalized capacity value is weighted by the workload weight and the normalized throughput value is weighted by one minus the workload weight.

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied thereon, the computer readable program code executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:

• selecting a first machine to be sized;
• obtaining a first throughput value and a first capacity value for the first machine;
• selecting a base machine;
• obtaining a base throughput value and base capacity value for the base machine;
• normalizing the first throughput value to the base throughput value to produce a normalized throughput value;
• normalizing the first capacity value to the base capacity value to produce a normalized capacity value;
• determining a workload weight for the first machine, based at least in part on comparing the first machine to the base machine;
• and
• calculating, with a computer processor, a workload metric for the first machine as a weighted average of the normalized throughput value and the normalized capacity value, where the normalized capacity value is weighted by the workload weight and the normalized throughput value is weighted by one minus the workload weight.