Patent ID: 7908119

Claim:
A computer implemented method for analyzing load run test results of a computer system, the method performed by the computer comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of performance measure sets derived from a first series of load run tests of a computer system performed over a same time period under a constant load, each said set comprising a plurality of records, each record having a timestamp and a value; sorting performance measure records by value in ascending order, for each performance measure set; determining whether said computer system has equilibrated under said load run tests by identifying plateau regions in said sorted performance measure sets, for each performance measure; sorting performance measure records within each plateau region by time stamp in ascending order, for each performance measure; identifying a single overlapping time interval covered by each plateau region for the plurality of performance measure sets, wherein said computer system has equilibrated if said performance measures have plateau regions in common; and computing averages of performance measures over the overlapping time intervals.