Patent ID: 7464123
Filing Date: 2008-12-09
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of benchmark testing using test data, the method comprising: creating master test data in master data storage accessible by an additional computer system, the master test data representing data on which benchmark testing is performed; creating, using the additional computer system, a first duplicate copy of the master test data in a first data storage accessible by a first computer system; executing, by the first computer system, a first benchmark test using the first duplicate copy of the master test data in the first data storage to identify a first performance characteristic of the first computer system in executing the first benchmark test using the first duplicate copy of the master test data, execution of the first benchmark test including accessing data from and writing data to the first data storage such that the first duplicate copy of the master test data is changed after completion of the first benchmark test; during execution of the first benchmark test by the first computer system, creating, using the additional computer system, a second duplicate copy of the master test data in a second data storage, the second data storage being different than the first data storage; detecting completion of the first benchmark test by the first computer system; and in response to detecting completion of the first benchmark test by the first computer system: