Patent ID: 8024615

Claim:
A computer-implemented computer system testing method, comprising: defining a target steady state value of each parameter of a set of one or more parameters of a computer system under test; and while the system under test is processing one or more of a plurality of test workloads, for each parameter in the set of parameters: determining whether a working value of the parameter is below the steady state value of the parameter, and if the working value of the parameter is below the steady state value, then operating on one or more of the workloads to increase the working value of the parameter; and determining whether the working value of the parameter is above the steady state value of the parameter, and if the working value of the parameter is above the steady state value, then operating on one or more of the workloads to decrease the working value of the parameter, operating on one or more of the workloads to decrease the working value of the parameter comprising choosing one or more chosen workloads in the system under test to cancel, and instructing the system under test to cancel the one or more chosen workloads, choosing the one or more chosen workloads in the system under test comprising dynamically sorting workloads in the system under test based on runtime feedback from the system under test, and choosing the one or more chosen workloads based on the sorting.