Patent ID: 8688430
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for generating a load on a computer system, comprising: collecting a set of sampled values from one or more monitors in the computer system while the computer system is executing program code, wherein, for each sampled value in the set, collecting the sampled value comprises recording a reference that identifies a portion of the program code that the computer system is executing as the sampled value is collected; using the set of sampled values to determine one or more repeating computational phases for the program code that occur while the computer system is executing the program code; and simulating the load on the computer system by executing one or more times portions of the program code that caused each repeating computational phase, wherein executing the portions of the program code that caused each repeating computational phase comprises, before executing the portions of the program code, for each repeating computational phase: