DEFINITION OF A MULTI-NODE SYNTHETIC APPLICATION FOR ASSESSMENT OF CLOUD-HOSTING SUITABILITY

In accordance with the teachings of the present disclosure, a method of loading a definition of a synthetic application is disclosed. The method includes identifying a synthetic application definition for use by synthetic applications in nodes in a computing system. The method further includes identifying sets of node properties for the synthetic applications. The sets of node properties specify consumption of quantities of resources in the nodes. The sets of node properties are to cause the synthetic applications to consume resources in the computing system equivalent to consumption by a candidate application.