Patent ID: 7779063

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: accessing, at a static cluster system, information representative of the static cluster system; accessing information representative of a dynamic cluster system; determining, based on the accessed information, a value representative of a benefit of implementing the dynamic cluster system rather than the static cluster system, wherein the benefit is determine as the cost associated with the static cluster system based on the following equation: C trad =( n*T tdg *C t )+( n*T tci *C t )+( n*T tdi *C t ), wherein n represents a quantity of moves detected in the static cluster system; T tdg represents a first time to move a database instance of the static cluster system; C t represents a cost value per unit of time; T tci represents a second time to move a central instance in the static cluster system; and T tdi represents a third time to move a dialog instance in the static cluster system; and providing the determined value to a user interface, wherein at least one processor performs at least one of the accessing information at the static cluster system, the accessing information representative of a dynamic cluster system, the determining, and the providing.