FORECASTING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WORKLOAD DEMAND
First Claim
1. A method of forecasting an information technology (IT) workload demand, comprising:
- obtaining historic information external to IT workload information;
identifying a historic explanatory variable associated with the historic information;
determining a historic IT workload demand resulting from the historic explanatory variable; and
generating, by a computing device, a predictive algorithm for forecasting a future IT workload demand based on the historic explanatory variable and the historic IT workload demand.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosure describe methods and systems for improved forecasting of IT workloads and related metrics. Embodiments may include, for example, normalizing, warehousing and mining of data sets of many types collected from many different customers, applications and execution environments, and of metrics internal and external to such customers. Prediction or forecasting algorithms may be developed for predicting future IT workload demand based on a discovered relationship between certain factors and historical information. The prediction algorithms may be applied as appropriate to each customer'"'"'s workloads, applications, and execution environments.
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1. A method of forecasting an information technology (IT) workload demand, comprising:
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obtaining historic information external to IT workload information; identifying a historic explanatory variable associated with the historic information; determining a historic IT workload demand resulting from the historic explanatory variable; and generating, by a computing device, a predictive algorithm for forecasting a future IT workload demand based on the historic explanatory variable and the historic IT workload demand. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor and comprising computer readable program code embodied in the memory that when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform operations comprising; obtaining historic information external to IT workload information; identifying a historic explanatory variable associated with the historic information; determining a historic IT workload demand resulting from the historic explanatory variable; and generating, by a computing device, a predictive algorithm for forecasting a future IT workload demand based on the historic explanatory variable and the historic IT workload demand. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer program product, comprising:
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a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable program code embodied in the medium that when executed by a processor causes the processor to perform operations comprising; obtaining historic information external to IT workload information; identifying an explanatory variable associated with the historic information; determining a historic IT workload demand resulting from the explanatory variable; and generating, by a computing device, a predictive algorithm for forecasting a future IT workload demand based on the explanatory variable and the historic IT workload demand.
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