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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2006
Maximino Aguilar, Jr., Georgetown, TX (US);
David J. Erb, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Stan Gowen, Georgetown, TX (US);
Sidney J. Manning, Austin, TX (US);
James Michael Stafford, Liberty Hill, TX (US);
Maximino Aguilar, Jr., Georgetown, TX (US);
David J. Erb, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Stan Gowen, Georgetown, TX (US);
Sidney J. Manning, Austin, TX (US);
James Michael Stafford, Liberty Hill, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided for analyzing performance of a computer or data processing system, during the time that a specified task is running on the system. The analysis is used to furnish a system user with a list of proposed hardware component upgrades that would improve system performance in various respects, each being accompanied by a parameter value indicating the improvement a particular upgrade would provide. Usefully, listed upgrades are made available over the Internet, for purchase by system users. In an embodiment directed to a method, for use with a computer system comprising a configuration of hardware components, selected hardware components are monitored as the system performs a specified task. This is done to acquire statistics representing the operation of respective selected components. The statistics are processed, to identify at least one selected component that impedes the system in performing the task. An upgrade of the identified component is then proposed, together with an indication of the improvement that would result if the upgrade is made.