System and method for resource usage prediction in the deployment of software applications

摘要

The invention provides a system and method for predicting a quantity of a resource required for the deployment of a software application on a computing system. The method comprises the steps of providing historical resource utilisation data for deployment of software applications on computing systems, providing a value for a parameter of the computing system relevant to resource utilisation, providing a value for a parameter of the software application relevant to resource utilisation, and utilising the historical resource utilisation data and parameter values to predict the quantity of the resource required for deployment of the software application.