The present invention provides a system and method for accurately sizing a computer system and its component subsystems. The present invention requires only limited benchmark analysis to design varying subsystem configurations, having varying numbers of users, and accounting for varying ramp-up periods....http://www.google.com/patents/US6526504?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6526504 - System and method for sizing computer systems with variable ramp-up periods by calculating a throughput for target configuration based on data obtained from a computer subsystem
