Patent ID: 7437348

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for determining processing gains in a non-georedundant environment, comprising: estimating a number of computing devices to execute a set of business services in a network; calculating a first capacity for the number of computing devices in a georedundant configuration wherein the georedundant configuration includes a first subset of the number of computing devices which are duplicates of each other and wherein the first subset of the number of computing devices are implemented in a hot stand-by mode or a mirrored mode; calculating a second capacity for the number of computing devices in a non-georedundant configuration wherein the non-georedundant configuration includes an addition of two computing devices to the number of computing devices; and determining processing gains between the first capacity and second capacity wherein determining processing gains include steps of: (a) multiplying the number of computing devices by at least forty percent to yield a result, wherein the forty percent is a processing utilization of an individual servers in the georedundant configuration, (b) adding to the result of step (a) at least eighty percent, wherein the eighty percent is the processing utilization of any additional servers in the georedundant configuration, (c) dividing the result of step (b) by a total number of computing devices, and (d) subtracting at least forty percent from the result of steps (a) and (b).