US Patent 9875169 Modeling real capacity consumption changes using process-level data

A method includes receiving an expected growth rate for modeling future capacity utilization for a resource hosting a plurality of processes, each process being associated with a respective workload. The method also includes modifying, in a non-linear capacity utilization model for the resource, the respective workload for a particular process in the plurality of processes based on the expected growth rate, and, in response to modifying the respective workload, determining a change in total capacity utilization for the resource using the non-linear capacity utilization model. The method further includes determining a ratio between the change in the total capacity utilization for the resource and the modification to the respective workload. The method additionally includes modifying, based on the ratio, a configuration of the resource with respect to the particular process in anticipation of the expected growth rate.