Patent ID: 7313620

Claim:
A method for deriving server resource utilization estimates for a server cluster that handles multiple document types, the method comprising: assigning a document type value to each document type, each document type value indicating a percentage that each document type makes up of a total amount of document types; deriving a load table for each document type, each load table containing load table values empirically derived from a server cluster that has a known amount of memory and a processor having a known type and speed, each load table value representing a maximum load that can be handled by the server cluster when the load comprises only one of the multiple document types; receiving one or more server cluster parameter values that indicate operating parameters for the server cluster; receiving a specified load value that indicates a load desired to be handled by the server cluster; utilizing the load tables to derive server resource utilization estimates to determine how handling the specified load will affect the utilization of server resources; and recommending a plan to optimize handling of the specified load by increasing resources of the server cluster.