1. A system comprising: a managing system having one or more processors and one or more modules executable by the one or more processors, the one or more modules comprising: computer program code configured to estimate expected performance of prospective new clients and existing clients of an SDP system via: obtaining performance data samples; plotting data corresponding to the data samples in a grid protocol; assigning at least one bound corresponding to acceptable performance; and ascertaining whether performance data satisfies the at least one bound.