Patent ID: 9444717
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computing system comprising: at least one computing device; and at least one memory in communication with the at least one computing device, the at least one memory having stored therein computer instructions that, upon execution by the computing system, at least cause the computing system to: receive a request to test a computing parameter in a computing environment comprising a plurality of computing resources; in response to the request, search information comprising settings that can be controlled on the computing resources in the computing environment, said searching based on metadata indicative of relationships between the settings and corresponding weighted performance metrics, wherein, for at least a first performance metric and at least a first setting, a weight for the first performance metric is indicative of a relevance of the first setting to the first performance metric, and wherein meeting of the first performance metric by testing verifies that the first setting provides functionality associated with the first setting; and based on the searching, generate a test population that verifies the computing parameter in accordance with a set of constraints for bounding a cost associated with the test population.