Patent ID: 8806003
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for forecasting an available capacity for processing a workload in a networked computing environment, comprising: receiving and storing, in a computer data structure, capacity data corresponding to a set of peer systems in the networked computing environment; accessing historical data for each of the set of peer systems, the historical data comprising information as to how the each of the set of peer systems handles workloads; forecasting the available capacity of the set of peer systems to process the workload based on the capacity data and the historical data; determining a set of consistency factors for each of the set of peer systems to prioritize the set of peer systems for processing the workload based on the historical data, each the set of consistency factors comprising a level of consistency with which at least one of the set of peer systems has historically processed workloads of an application type corresponding to the application type of the workload; and prioritizing the set of peer systems for processing the workload based on the capacity and the set of consistency factors.