JP2006277392A - Estimation support program, estimation support method, and estimation support apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a computer with an equipment estimating function of a computer system corresponding to a budget securement situation of a customer. <P>SOLUTION: An estimation support program specifies higher-order equipment satisfying a necessary condition to equipment the actual result value of which does not satisfies the necessary condition, and lower-order equipment satisfying a necessary condition even if downgrade is performed to the equipment the actual result value of which satisfies the necessary condition as compared between actual result values of processing capabilities and the necessary conditions of the preset processing capabilities for each set of equipment constituting the computer system. The program calculates a satisfaction rate that is a rate of satisfaction of the necessary condition of the processing capability to the lower-order equipment. When a money amount required to introduce the higher-order equipment does not satisfy preset budget conditions, the program calculates a money amount of a difference from current equipment in the case of downgrade in the order from the equipment with higher satisfaction rate among the lower-order equipment, and outputs estimation of the equipment constituting the computer system in the case in which the money amount of the difference becomes equal to or larger than the required money amount. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to estimate support for a computer system, and more particularly to an estimate support program, an estimate support method, and an estimate support apparatus in which a computer implements a device estimate function of a computer system in accordance with a customer budget securing situation.

  When presenting an estimated device / cost, etc. to the customer, such as proposals for expansion / replacement in computer system operation, conventionally, the processing results such as processing amount per unit time in daily computer system operation are measured, and from the measured processing results It is common to recognize whether there is a need for expansion / replacement by identifying devices that are likely to lack processing capacity. For devices that have recognized the need for expansion / replacement, they read the device specifications and availability of connection from the catalog and searched for devices that can be read within the upper limit of the cost.

  Therefore, various estimation support systems have been developed so as to reduce the load of such estimation work as much as possible. For example, for the purpose of promoting the reuse of products and parts and reducing the amount of waste, “required functional performance determination process for converting the end user's usage purpose and usage contents into the functions and performance necessary for the equipment, and the necessary The recommended product decision process to search for products that satisfy the function and performance conditions, the function and performance of the current organic device from the configuration of the end user's current organic device, and the equipment determined to suit the end user's purpose and use Difference between necessary functions and performance, change part determination process consisting of processing to select parts that should be changed and parts that do not need to be changed in the current organic device from the differences, and parts that constitute the recommended products mentioned above , A sales system having an “exclusion recommended part determination process for selecting a part compatible with a part that does not need to be changed” is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 1).

In addition, for each product to be configured, a tree diagram (in other words, a product) that describes information on products that may constitute the product and condition information imposed on those products in the form of a tree structure. Information related to a product configuration device is disclosed (for example, a patent) that outputs a list of products to be configured and products that may be configured according to a tree diagram. Reference 2).
JP 2001-184396 A (Page 6-7) JP 2002-32631 A (Page 5-6)

  However, due to unforeseen circumstances, it is often impossible to cope with changes in the initial prediction and the environment surrounding the computer system. For example, it is assumed that a disk for storing customer information is added in anticipation of a linear increase of customers. However, the enforcement of the law revision was put forward within the budget year, and customers were unable to anticipate an increase that was initially expected to see the service. Furthermore, the application program has to be modified in accordance with the amendment of the law, and it has become necessary to greatly increase the memory area to be resident in order to improve serviceability in the future.

  If such an unforeseen situation occurs, it will not be possible to add equipment until the budget can be secured, and you can continue to use a slow response real-time system or a batch system that takes a long time to process, The current situation is that the bottlenecks of the system were extracted and handled manually on a case-by-case basis.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, an object of the present invention is to make a computer realize a device estimation function of a computer system in accordance with a customer budget securing situation.

  FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. The estimate support program 10 of the present invention is executed on the computer 1 acting as the estimate support apparatus, and receives the estimate instruction information of the computer system 4 to be estimated from the user terminal 5, the result value collecting means 11 (in claim 1, The actual value collecting step is executed.) Collects the actual value of the processing capability for each device constituting the estimation target computer system 4 and stores it in the processing capability actual result file 22 on the external storage device 2, for example.

  The upgrade specifying unit 12 (executes the upgrade specifying step in claim 1) sets the necessary processing capacity and the processing performance result file 22 set in the estimate database 21 on the external storage device 2 for each device, for example. Compared with the actual value of the stored processing capability, the higher-level device that satisfies the necessary condition is identified for the device whose actual value does not satisfy the necessary condition, and the downgrade identifying means 13 (downgrade in claim 1) The grade specifying step is executed) by comparing the processing capacity requirement set in the estimation database 21 for each device and the processing capacity actual value stored in the processing capacity actual file 22 to obtain the actual value. Identify lower-level equipment that meets the requirements even if the equipment that meets the requirements is downgraded.

  The fullness rate calculation means 14 (execution of the fullness rate calculation step in claim 1) satisfies the necessary processing capacity requirements for the lower-level devices based on the required processing capacity conditions set in the estimate database 21. The estimate output means 15 (executes the estimate output step in claim 1) calculates the amount of money required to install the higher-level device, and the amount is preset. If the calculated budget condition is not satisfied, the difference amount with the current device when the downgrade is performed in order from the one with the highest satisfaction rate among the lower devices, and the difference amount is the amount A budget is secured by outputting, for example, an estimate of the devices that make up the computer system when it is not larger or equal to the display device of the user terminal 5, for example. Because when you do not come can change the equipment with a reserve capacity on the performance to lower the equipment, it is possible to equipment estimate of the computer system in accordance with the budget ensure the status of the customer.

  Further, in the estimate output means 15, when the difference amount is larger than or not equal to the amount, a value obtained by subtracting the difference amount from the amount is output as a minimum additional budget together with an estimate of the devices constituting the computer system. Thus, when an estimate cannot be made within the customer's budget, it is possible to present an additional budget with the minimum amount that satisfies the customer's requirements.

  It is possible to estimate the equipment of a computer system according to the customer's budget status.

(Example)
FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration diagram of the embodiment. The estimate support program 10 is a program that operates on a computer that behaves as the estimate support device 1. When the estimate instruction information of the estimate target computer system 4 is received from the user terminal 5 via the communication network 3, the actual value collection unit 11. Collects the performance value of performance for each device constituting the computer system 4 to be estimated and stores it in the performance performance file 22 on the external storage device 2. For example, the upgrade specifying unit 12 compares the processing capacity requirement set in the estimation database 21 on the external storage device 2 with the actual value of the processing capacity stored in the processing capacity result file 22 for each device, For the device whose actual value does not satisfy the necessary condition, a higher-level device satisfying the necessary condition is identified, and the downgrade identifying means 13 includes the necessary condition and the processing capacity of the processing capability set in the estimation database 21 for each device. The result value of the processing capability stored in the result file 22 is compared, and the lower device that satisfies the necessary condition is specified even if the device whose actual value satisfies the necessary condition is downgraded.

  The sufficiency rate calculating means 14 calculates a sufficiency rate that is a ratio satisfying the necessary processing capacity requirements based on the processing capacity requirements set in the estimation database 21 for the subordinate devices, and the estimated output means 15. Calculates the amount of money required to introduce the upper device, and if the amount does not satisfy the preset budget conditions, the lower devices are downgraded in order from the one with the highest satisfaction rate. If the difference amount is greater than or equal to the amount, the estimate of the device constituting the computer system is output to the display device of the user terminal 5 and the estimate is made. When the difference amount is not greater than or equal to the amount in the calculation means 15, a value obtained by subtracting the difference amount from the amount is set as a minimum additional budget. Outputs with estimation of devices constituting the computer system. The work file 23 stores the output of each means. Note that the present invention is applicable even when the estimation support apparatus 1 also serves as the estimation target computer system 4.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of a necessary condition table. When the content of the attribute column is “+1” for “usage rate + numeric value +%” or “character string other than usage rate + numeric value + unit” shown in the device threshold column shown in the item name column, the threshold is An upper limit value of the necessary condition of the device, “−1”, indicates that the threshold value is the lower limit value of the necessary condition of the device. For example, when the device is a CPU, the necessary condition is that the usage rate of 75% is the upper limit value, which means that it is ideal that the computer system is operated at a CPU usage rate of 75% or less.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of the current configuration table. The current model name of the device indicated in the item name column is stored in the current model name column. For example, in this embodiment, FMV01 is used as the CPU.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of a budget condition table. The budget date column stores the year and month when the budget falls, and the budget amount column stores the budget amount. Further, the balance of the current budget is stored in the budget remaining amount column. In the present embodiment, a budget of 1,000,000 yen is lowered in April 2005, and the current budget balance is 20,000 yen.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of a computer catalog table. The computer column is the computer model name, the flops column is the computer performance value shown in the computer column, and is the flops (number of floating point operations that can be executed per second) value, and the corresponding memory column is the computer column. The correspondence table name of the memory corresponding to the selected computer is the correspondence table name of the HDD (Hard Disk Drive) in the correspondence HDD column, and the correspondence table name of the NIC (Network Interface Card) is similarly in the correspondence NIC column. In the lease fee column, the monthly lease fee of the computer indicated in the computer column is stored.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of a memory catalog table. The memory type name column is the memory type name, the MB column is the memory capacity indicated in the memory type name column in MB, and the lease fee column is the monthly lease fee for the memory indicated in the memory type name column. Is stored.

  FIG. 7 shows an example HDD catalog table. The HDD model name column contains the HDD model name, the GB column shows the HDD capacity indicated in the HDD model name column, and the lease fee column shows the monthly lease fee for the HDD indicated in the HDD model name column. Is stored.

  FIG. 8 shows an example of the NIC catalog table. The NIC type name column shows the NIC type name, the Mbps column shows the NIC capacity shown in the NIC type name column in Mbps (M bits per second), and the lease fee column shows the NIC type name column. The monthly lease fee of NIC is stored.

  FIG. 9 shows an example of a corresponding memory table. In this embodiment, the computer model name is FMV01. The memory capacity column stores the memory capacity in MB, and the configuration 1 column and the configuration 2 column store memory type names corresponding to the memory amounts indicated in the memory amount column. For example, when the amount of memory is 128 MB, the memory whose memory type name is MEM01, and when it is 394 MB, the memories whose memory type names are MEM03 and MEM01 are necessary.

  FIG. 10 shows a corresponding HDD table example. In this embodiment, the computer model name is FMV01. The HDD capacity column stores the HDD capacity in GB, and the configuration 1 column, configuration 2 column, and configuration 3 column store the HDD model name corresponding to the HDD volume indicated in the HDD volume column. For example, when the HDD amount is 40 GB, the HDD whose HDD model name is HDD01, and when it is 240 GB, two HDDs whose HDD model name is HDD03 and HDD01 are required.

  FIG. 11 shows a corresponding NIC table example. In this embodiment, the computer model name is FMV01. The NIC model name corresponding to the capacity indicated in the NW amount column is stored in the configuration 1 column.

  FIG. 12 shows a processing performance record file example. This file is created by the estimation support apparatus collecting the actual processing capability values of the estimation target computer system accumulated on the estimation target computer system obtained by a conventional operation management tool or the like. The processing performance actual value collection processing of the computer system to be estimated is not an essential part of the present invention, and is a conventional technique, and therefore details of the processing are omitted.

  The date / time column stores the time at which the processing performance result value is collected on the estimation target computer system. The CPU, memory, HDD, and NIC fields store the actual performance values of the devices at the time indicated in the date / time field. For example, at 0:10 on January 25, 2005, the CPU usage rate was 27%, the memory usage rate was 33%, the HDD free space was 55 GB, and the NIC usage rate was 8%. .

  FIG. 13 shows an example of a work file. This work file is used as a work area for the computer system proposal material of the new specifications to be presented to the customer, such as the radar chart shown in FIG. 14 and the guidance text shown in FIG. Stores information about the indicated device. The current model name column shows the current model name, the current spec column shows the current performance value, the current lease amount column shows the current monthly lease fee, and the actual processing peak value column shows the worst processing capacity actual value. The value in the full rate column is the full rate at the actual processing peak value (see Fig. 21 for the calculation method of the full rate), the full rate rank column is in the descending order of full rate, and the new model name column is The model name of the downgradable lower level device or the upper level device that needs to be upgraded is displayed. The new spec column shows the performance value of the device corresponding to the new model name, and the new fulfillment rate column shows the device name when downgraded or upgraded. When the equipment is changed in the cost column, the excess / deficiency for the price of the current equipment is ON. The upgradeable flag is ON for the upgrade target equipment (see Fig. 21 for details), but the downgrade possible flag is down. (For details see FIG. 21) when turned ON over de available equipment is stored.

  FIG. 14 shows an example of a radar chart when a computer system is proposed to a customer. The ideal condition value indicated by the broken line is a plot of the threshold value of the performance value of each device of the computer system, and the portion outside the broken line indicates that the performance value of each device satisfies the ideal condition. The thin solid line is a plot of performance values of current computer systems. In this embodiment, the HDD free space is a value that is sufficiently satisfied with respect to the threshold value, but the memory usage rate is below the threshold value, indicating that it is an upgrade target. Also, the bold solid line plots the performance values of each device in the new system.

  FIG. 15 shows an example of a guidance sentence for proposing a new system to a customer. This guidance sentence is in accordance with the radar chart shown in FIG. 14 so that the change between the current specifications and the specifications of the new system can be understood. For the devices shown in the item column, the current performance value is displayed in the current specification column, the performance value of the device when upgraded or downgraded in the new specification column, and the current device value when the device is changed in the cost column. The difference from the cost is stored. Although not shown in the figure, the information to be displayed can be freely added, for example, the device name of the new device, the fullness rate, etc. according to the customer's request. In this embodiment, even if the memory is changed to a higher-level device and the HDD is changed to a lower-level device, a new system that satisfies the requirements of the customer system can be constructed only by increasing the cost by 1000 yen.

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the flow of the budget condition setting process of the estimate support program 10 according to the present invention. This process is one of the initial setting routines of the estimate support program 10, and acquires the budget time and the budget amount from the customer budget system and stores them in the budget time column and the budget amount column of the budget condition table (S1601). . Thereafter, in conjunction with the budget system, the remaining budget is stored in the remaining budget column of the budget condition table as needed when there is a change in the remaining budget.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing performance measurement processing of the estimate support program 10 according to the present invention. This process is one of the initial setting routines of the estimate support program 10, and the CPU usage rate, memory usage rate, HDD free space, and NIC usage rate are periodically calculated as processing results during the operation of the estimation target computer system. Measure and store in the processing performance record file (S1701). In this embodiment, the performance information collected on the estimation target computer system 4 by the existing operation management program is periodically transferred to the estimation support apparatus 1.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the flow of the necessary condition table setting process of the estimation support program 10 according to the present invention. This process is one of the initial setting routines of the estimate support program 10, and the CPU usage rate, memory usage rate, HDD free space, NIC, and the like are shown as the performance (efficiency) values that are efficient in the operation of the estimation target computer system. The usage rate and its attribute information are received from the user terminal 5 via the communication network 3 and stored in the necessary condition table (S1801).

  FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the flow of the current state input setting process of the estimate support program 10 according to the present invention. This process is one of the initial setting routines of the estimate support program 10, and receives the current model name information of each device of the computer system 4 to be estimated from the user terminal 5 via the communication network 3, and stores the work file. Store in the current model name item (S1901). Next, by referring to each catalog table, the specification and lease fee corresponding to the received model name information are stored in the current specification column and the current lease fee column of the work file (S1902).

  FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the flow of the entire estimation process of the estimation support program 10 according to the present invention. When the estimate instruction information is received from the user terminal 5 via the communication network 3, the estimate support program 10 first performs a necessary condition processing capability result comparison ranking process (S2001). Refer to FIG. 21 for details of the processing. Next, it is determined by referring to the fullness rate column of the work file whether there is 100% or less (S2002). If there is no device equal to or less than 100%, the estimation target computer system ends the process because there is no device to be upgraded. The following processing is executed for devices of 100% or less.

  Current date and time information is acquired by issuing a macro instruction for inquiry to the operating system (S2003). Next, referring to the budget condition table, it is determined whether there is a current budget (S2004). There are various methods for determining whether there is a budget depending on the computer system to be estimated. Therefore, whether or not there is a budget for each computer system to be estimated is, for example, if there is no budget if the current date and time is past the budget time and the remaining budget is less than 30% of the budget amount, If the period is within one month, it is dealt with by defining a decision rule in advance such as having a budget.

  If it is determined in S2004 that there is a budget, the in-budget system configuration estimation process (S2007) shown in FIG. 22 is executed, and the process proceeds to S2008. If it is determined in S2004 that there is no budget, the deficient amount calculation process (S2005) shown in FIG. 23 and the deficient downgradable device identification process (S2006) shown in FIG. S2008) is executed.

  FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing the flow of the necessary condition processing capability results comparison ranking process of the estimation support program 10 according to the present invention. The threshold value and attribute corresponding to the device indicated in the item column are read from the requirement table (S2101), and if the attribute value is +1, the maximum value of the corresponding item is extracted from the processing performance record file, and the work file It is stored in the actual processing peak value column of the corresponding item (S2105), and [threshold value of the corresponding item] ÷ [maximum value of the corresponding item] × 100 is stored in the full rate column of the corresponding item of the work file (S2106). ). If the attribute value is not +1, the minimum value of the corresponding item is extracted from the processing performance result file and stored in the actual processing peak value column of the corresponding item of the work file (S2103), [minimum value of the corresponding item] ÷ [Saturation threshold of applicable item] × 100 is set as a satisfaction rate and stored in the satisfaction rate column of the relevant item of the work file (S2104).

Next, according to the fullness rate, the flag is set as follows (S2107).
(1) When the satisfaction rate is greater than 100%, the upgrade possible flag is OFF and the downgrade possible flag is ON.
(2) When the satisfaction rate is 100%, the upgrade possible flag is OFF and the downgrade possible flag is OFF.
(3) When the satisfaction rate is <100%, the upgrade possible flag is ON and the downgrade possible flag is OFF.

  The above processing is performed for all items of the necessary conditions (S2108), ranking is performed in ascending order of the filling rate in the work file, and it is set in the filling rate ranking column of the working file (S2109).

  FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing the flow of the in-budget system configuration estimation process of the estimation support program 10 according to the present invention. First, the budget amount is obtained by referring to the budget condition table (S2201), and the CPU type name is obtained by referring to the work file (S2202). Next, the current model name at the lowest fulfillment rate is read in the work file with the upgrade possible flag ON (S2203), and a one-stage higher-level device is selected and stored in the new model name column of the work file (S2204). However, if a model name is already stored in the new model name column, a one-level higher-level device is selected from the new model name.

  With reference to the work file, it is determined whether or not the total in the cost column exceeds the remaining budget (S2205). If the remaining budget is exceeded, the new model name, new spec, new fill rate, and cost fields of the last item set in the work file are returned to the previous values, and the fill rate ranking is reassigned (S2206) Then, the upgrade possible flag of the item set last in the work file is set to OFF (S2207), and the process proceeds to S2214.

If the remaining budget is not exceeded, the threshold value and attribute of the corresponding item are read from the necessary condition table (S2208), and it is determined whether the threshold value is a numerical value expressed as “usage rate” (S2209). When the threshold value is a numerical value expressed as “usage rate”, a new satisfaction rate is calculated for the corresponding item of the work file and stored in the new satisfaction rate (S2210). For example, if the device is a memory, the new satisfaction rate is obtained as follows.
[New Satisfaction Rate] = [Threshold of Applicable Item] ÷ ([Current Spec] × [Actual Processing Peak Value] ÷ [New Spec]] × 100
If the threshold value is not a numerical value expressed as “usage rate”, a new satisfaction rate is calculated for the corresponding item in the work file, stored in the new satisfaction rate (S2211), and the process proceeds to S2212. For example, if the device is an HDD, the new satisfaction rate is obtained as follows.
[New Satisfaction Rate] = ([Actual Processing Peak Value] + ([New Spec]-[Current Spec]) ÷ [Threshold of Applicable Item]) × 100
Refer to the new fill rate of the item in which the new model name exists in the work file and the fill rate of the new model name blank, rank them in ascending order, store them in the work file fill rate rank column (S2212), and according to the fill rate The flag is set as follows (S2213).
(1) When the sufficiency rate ≧ 100%, the upgrade possible flag is OFF.
(2) When the satisfaction rate is <100%, the upgrade enable flag is ON.
The processing from S2203 to S2213 is repeated for all the upgrade enable flag ON data in the work file (S2214).

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing the flow of the shortage calculation process of the estimate support program 10 according to the present invention. First, the CPU type name is acquired from the work file (S2301). next,
The current model name of the device in which the new fill rate column of the work file is blank and the fill rate column is lower than 100% is read (S2302). By referring to the computer catalog table using the CPU type name as a key, the corresponding item table name is obtained. The model name of the higher-level device is acquired from the corresponding table, stored in the new model name column of the corresponding item of the work file (S2303), and the new model name of the corresponding item of the work file is used as a key from the corresponding item catalog table. The specification is acquired and stored in the new specification column of the work file (S2304), the lease fee is obtained from the corresponding item catalog table using the new model name of the corresponding item of the work file as a key, and the current item of the corresponding item of the work file is displayed. The difference from the lease fee is stored in the corresponding cost column (S2305).

The threshold value and attribute of the corresponding item are read from the necessary condition table (S2306), and it is determined whether the threshold value is a numerical value expressed as “usage rate” (S2307). When the threshold value is not a numerical value expressed as “usage rate”, a new satisfaction rate corresponding to the corresponding item of the work file is calculated, stored in the new satisfaction rate column (S2309), and the process proceeds to S2311. For example, if the device is an HDD, the new satisfaction rate is calculated as follows.
[New Satisfaction Rate] = ([Actual Processing Peak Value] + ([New Spec]-[Current Spec]] ÷ [Threshold of Applicable Item]) × 100
When the threshold is a numerical value expressed as “usage rate”, a new satisfaction rate corresponding to the corresponding item of the work file is calculated and stored in the new satisfaction rate column (S2308). For example, if the device is a memory, the next new satisfaction rate is calculated as follows.
[New fulfillment rate] = [Threshold of applicable item] ÷ ([Current specification] × [Actual processing peak value] ÷ [New specification]) × 100
It is determined whether or not the new satisfaction rate is 100% or more (S2311), and if not 100% or more, the process returns to S2303. When it becomes 100% or more, it is determined whether or not there are items smaller than 100% in both the fullness rate and the new fullness rate (S2312). If there is an item that is smaller than 100% in both the fullness rate and the new fullness rate, the process returns to S2302. If there is no item smaller than 100% for both the fullness rate and the new fullness rate, the cost column is summed and stored in the storage means as a deficient amount (S2313), and the new fullness rate of the item having the new model name in the work file The new model name refers to the blank fill rate, ranks in ascending order, and stores it in the work file fill rate rank column (S2314).

  FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing the flow of the process of washing out the shortage downgradable equipment of the estimation support program 10 according to the present invention. First, the CPU type name is acquired from the work file (S2401), and it is determined whether or not downgrade enable flag ON data exists in the work file (S2302). If the downgrade enable flag ON data does not exist, the deficient amount obtained in S2313 is acquired, a warning message indicating that a special budget is required is created (S2403), and the process ends.

  If downgradable flag ON data exists, the current model name at the top of the fullness rate is read in the downgradable flag ON item of the work file (S2304), and the computer type name is used as a key to determine the computer. The corresponding item table name is acquired by referring to the catalog table, the type name of the one-level lower device is acquired from the corresponding table, and stored in the new type name column of the corresponding item of the work file (S2405). Using the new model name as a key, the specification is acquired by referring to the corresponding item catalog table, and stored in the new specification column of the work file (S2406).

Next, with reference to the necessary condition table, the threshold value and attribute of the corresponding item are read (S2407), and it is determined whether the threshold value is a numerical value expressed as “usage rate” (S2408). When the threshold is not a numerical value expressed as “usage rate”, a new satisfaction rate corresponding to the corresponding item in the work table is calculated, stored in the new satisfaction rate column (S2410), and the process proceeds to S2411. For example, if the device is an HDD, the new satisfaction rate is calculated as follows.
[New fulfillment rate] = ([Actual processing peak value] + ([New spec]-[Current spec]) ÷ [Threshold of applicable item]) × 100

When the threshold is a numerical value expressed as “usage rate”, a new satisfaction rate corresponding to the corresponding item in the work table is calculated and stored in the new satisfaction rate column (S2409). For example, if the device is a memory, the new satisfaction rate is calculated as follows.

[New Satisfaction Rate] = [Threshold of Applicable Item] ÷ ([Current Specification] × [Actual Processing Peak Value] ÷ [New Specification]) × 100
Next, it is determined whether the new satisfaction rate is less than 100% (S2411). If the new satisfaction rate is not smaller than 100%, the CPU catalog name is used as a key to refer to the computer catalog table, the corresponding item table name is obtained, and one level lower than the new model name set in the work file. The device model name is acquired and stored in the new model name field of the corresponding item in the work file (S2412), and the spec is acquired from the corresponding item catalog table using the new model name of the corresponding item in the work file as a key. After storing in the new spec column (S2413), the process returns to S2408.

  If the new fill rate is less than 100%, the new model name, new spec, and new fill rate of the last item set in the work file are returned to the previous values, and the downgrade possible flag is turned OFF (S2412). ), Referring to the new satisfaction rate of the item in which the new model name exists in the work file and the satisfaction rate of the new model name being blank, ranking them in ascending order, and storing them in the satisfaction rate ranking column of the work file (S2415). Using the new model name of the corresponding item in the file as a key, the lease fee is acquired from the corresponding item catalog table, and the difference from the current lease fee of the corresponding item in the work file is set in the corresponding cost column (S2416).

  It is determined whether the total of the cost column (that is, the shortage amount) has become 0 or less (S2417). If the total is less than 0, the process is terminated. If the total is not less than 0, the process returns to S2302.

  FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing the flow of the proposal process of the estimate support program 10 according to the present invention. When the proposal information output instruction information is received from the user terminal 5 via the communication network 3, the estimate support program 10 acquires the threshold value of each item of the necessary condition table, and the ideal condition value is displayed on the radar chart as shown in FIG. (S2501), the satisfaction rate of each item in the work file is acquired, and the performance value at the peak of the current system processing is plotted on the radar chart (S2502). The rate is read as the performance prediction performance value at the new system processing peak, and when there is no new model name, the satisfaction rate is read and plotted as a new system processing peak performance prediction performance value on the radar chart (S2503).

Subsequently, the current specification of each item of the work file is acquired and set in a table. (S2504)
New specifications and costs are acquired for each item in the work file with a new model name, and set in a guide sentence table as shown in FIG. 15 (S2505). Further, the total amount in the cost column is similarly set in the guidance text table (S2506), and the guidance text and radar chart are output. (S2507) If a warning message has been created, a warning message is output. (S2508)
(Appendix 1)
On the computer,
A performance value collection step for collecting performance values for each device constituting a computer system and storing them in a storage device, and a comparison of the processing power requirement values set in advance for each device and the performance values An upgrade specifying step for specifying a higher-level device that satisfies the required condition for a device whose actual value does not satisfy the necessary condition, a necessary condition for the processing capability set in advance for each device, and the actual value of the processing capability And a downgrade specifying step for specifying a lower-level device that satisfies the required condition even if the device whose actual value satisfies the required condition is downgraded, and a processing capability set in advance for the lower-level device Based on the necessary conditions, the satisfaction rate calculation step for calculating the satisfaction rate, which is the ratio that satisfies the processing capacity requirements, The amount of money required for the current device is calculated when downgrading in order from the highest satisfaction rate among the lower devices when the amount of money required for the calculation is calculated and the amount does not satisfy a preset budget condition An estimate output program for a computer system, which calculates an amount and executes an estimate output step for outputting an estimate of a device constituting the computer system when the difference amount is greater than or equal to the amount.

(Appendix 2)
Supplementary note 1 wherein, in the estimate output step, if the difference amount is greater than or not equal to the amount, a value obtained by subtracting the difference amount from the amount is output as a minimum additional budget together with an estimate of devices constituting the computer system. Computer system quotation support program.

(Appendix 3)
Computer
A performance value collection step for collecting performance values for each device constituting a computer system and storing them in a storage device, and a comparison of the processing power requirement values set in advance for each device and the performance values An upgrade specifying step for specifying a higher-level device that satisfies the required condition for a device whose actual value does not satisfy the necessary condition, a necessary condition for the processing capability set in advance for each device, and the actual value of the processing capability And a downgrade specifying step for specifying a lower-level device that satisfies the required condition even if the device whose actual value satisfies the required condition is downgraded, and a processing capability set in advance for the lower-level device Based on the necessary conditions, the satisfaction rate calculation step for calculating the satisfaction rate, which is the ratio that satisfies the processing capacity requirements, The amount of money required for the current device is calculated when downgrading in order from the highest satisfaction rate among the lower devices when the amount of money required for the calculation is calculated and the amount does not satisfy a preset budget condition An estimate output step of calculating an amount and outputting an estimate of a device constituting the computer system when the difference amount is greater than or equal to the amount of money. .

(Appendix 4)
The actual value of the processing capability is collected for each device constituting the computer system, and the actual value collecting means for storing the actual value in the storage device is compared with the necessary condition of the processing capability preset for each device and the actual value of the processing capability. Upgrade specification means for specifying a higher-level device that satisfies the necessary condition for a device whose actual value does not satisfy the necessary condition, a necessary condition for the processing capacity preset for each device, and the actual value of the processing capacity And a downgrade specifying means for specifying a subordinate device that satisfies the required condition even if it is downgraded for a device whose actual value satisfies the required condition, and a processing capacity set in advance for the subordinate device Based on the required conditions, the satisfaction rate calculation means for calculating the satisfaction rate, which is the ratio that satisfies the required capacity requirements, and the amount of money required to introduce the host device And if the amount does not meet the preset budget condition, calculate the difference amount from the current device when downgrading in descending order from the higher of the subordinate devices And an estimate output means for outputting an estimate of devices constituting the computer system when the difference amount is greater than or equal to the amount.

Overall configuration diagram of the embodiment Prerequisite table example Current configuration table example Budget condition table example Computer catalog table example Memory catalog table example HDD catalog table example NIC catalog table example Corresponding memory table example (FMV01MEM) Supported HDD table example (FMV01HDD) Corresponding NIC table example (FMV01NIC) Processing performance record file example Working file example Proposed drawing Radar chart display example Guide text example Budget condition setting process flow Process performance measurement process flow Flow of necessary table setting process Current input setting process flow Flow of estimation processing Process flow with required processing capacity performance comparison ranking Flow of system configuration estimation within the budget Flow of shortage calculation processing Flow of equipment washout process for downgradable equipment Proposal process flow

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Estimate support apparatus 2 External storage device 3 Communication network 4 Computer system for estimation 5 User terminal 10 Estimate support program 11 Actual value collection means 12 Upgrade specification means 13 Downgrade specification means 14 Satisfaction rate calculation means 15 Estimate output means 21 Estimation database 22 processing performance record file 23 work file

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A performance value collection step for collecting performance values for each device constituting a computer system and storing them in a storage device, and a comparison of the processing power requirement values set in advance for each device and the performance values An upgrade specifying step for specifying a higher-level device that satisfies the required condition for a device whose actual value does not satisfy the necessary condition, a necessary condition for the processing capability set in advance for each device, and the actual value of the processing capability And a downgrade specifying step for specifying a lower-level device that satisfies the required condition even if the device whose actual value satisfies the required condition is downgraded, and a processing capability set in advance for the lower-level device Based on the necessary conditions, the satisfaction rate calculation step for calculating the satisfaction rate, which is the ratio that satisfies the processing capacity requirements, The amount of money required for the current device is calculated when downgrading in order from the highest satisfaction rate among the lower devices when the amount of money required for the calculation is calculated and the amount does not satisfy a preset budget condition An estimate output program for a computer system, which calculates an amount and executes an estimate output step for outputting an estimate of a device constituting the computer system when the difference amount is greater than or equal to the amount.   2. In the estimate output step, when the difference amount is larger than or not equal to the amount, a value obtained by subtracting the difference amount from the amount is output as a minimum additional budget together with estimates of devices constituting a computer system. An estimate support program for the described computer system. Computer
A performance value collection step for collecting performance values for each device constituting a computer system and storing them in a storage device, and a comparison of the processing power requirement values set in advance for each device and the performance values An upgrade specifying step for specifying a higher-level device that satisfies the required condition for a device whose actual value does not satisfy the necessary condition, a necessary condition for the processing capability set in advance for each device, and the actual value of the processing capability And a downgrade specifying step for specifying a lower-level device that satisfies the required condition even if the device whose actual value satisfies the required condition is downgraded, and a processing capability set in advance for the lower-level device Based on the necessary conditions, the satisfaction rate calculation step for calculating the satisfaction rate, which is the ratio that satisfies the processing capacity requirements, The amount of money required for the current device is calculated when downgrading in order from the highest satisfaction rate among the lower devices when the amount of money required for the calculation is calculated and the amount does not satisfy a preset budget condition An estimate output step of calculating an amount and outputting an estimate of a device constituting the computer system when the difference amount is greater than or equal to the amount of money. .

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