VMware, Inc.
Capacity Analysis Using Closed-System Modules

Abstract:

Disclosed are various embodiments of a capacity analysis tool using system modules. In one example, a system generates a target model for a targeted computing system that includes a first virtual machine and a second virtual machine. The target model can include system models for the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine, and each of the system models can represent one of multiple parameters of the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine. A function of time for each of the plurality of parameters can be generated based at least in part a time series of datapoints for the parameters. An estimated point in time of contention between a first parameter for the first virtual machine and a second parameter for the second virtual machine can be identified. A usable capacity for the first parameter and the second parameter can be determined.