Patent ID: 7529814

Claim:
A method implemented on a processor and a memory programmed for autonomic identification of an optimum hardware configuration for a Web infrastructure, said method comprising: (a) establishing a plurality of performance objectives and a plurality of best practice rules for said Web infrastructure; (b) establishing a search space and a current configuration performance index value within said search space; (c) searching a database of available hardware models for a best-fit configuration based on said established plurality of best practice rules and based on said established current configuration performance index value, each hardware model having an associated relative performance index value; (d) calculating performance data of said found best-fit configuration using a performance simulator; (e) comparing said calculated performance data to said established plurality of performance objectives; and (f) in response to said calculated performance data meeting said established plurality of performance objectives, designating said best-fit configuration as an optimum hardware configuration; and in response to said calculated performance data not meeting said established plurality of performance objectives, narrowing said search space and repeating steps (b) thru (f) until said search space is exhausted or a best-fit configuration is designated.