Patent ID: 7032133

Claim:
A system for testing a computing arrangement, comprising: a plurality of parameter definitions, wherein at least one of the parameter definitions specifies a static-value parameter and at least one of the parameter definitions specifies a dynamic-value parameter; a plurality of sets of parameter values, wherein each parameter value in a set is a value associated with one of the parameter definitions; a target data set associated with at least one of the sets of parameters, the target data set including at least one data value that describes a performance characteristic of the computing arrangement; a results storage area having portions respectively associated with the sets of parameter values; and a test program associated with the parameter definitions and configured to execute using one set of parameter values at a time, input a parameter value associated with a static parameter, automatically generate a value for each dynamic parameter, and exercise the computing arrangement using the parameter values in a set, wherein the value of each parameter affects behavior of the computing arrangement via the test program, and selectively adjust at least one parameter value in the at least one set of parameter values as a function of data resulting from execution of the test program and a data value from the target data set, and the test program is further configured to store data resulting from execution of the test program in portions of the results storage area respectively associated with the sets of parameter values.