Load Testing Blog
Instant Load Generator Automates Massive Load Tests
Durham, N.C. — Simulating very large numbers of users accessing a website just got much easier with the release of the Instant Load Engine™ from Web Performance, Inc. Companies that rely on their websites to handle thousands of customers at a time know the value of testing to insure their site’s performance and reliability, but the testing process often incurs long delays as the testing software is installed on up to hundreds of computers. For example, generating 50,000 simultaneous users could require anywhere from 40 to 100 computers to be individually configured and calibrated.
Web Performance Load Tester 3.5 Update 4 Released
The most recent update to the 3.5 version of Web Performance Load Tester was uploaded to the website today. Only a single issue was addressed in this particular update, so unless you’re having a problem, there is no need to immediately upgrade.
Note that our support system makes all bug fixes visible so you can track and see if your particular issue was addressed in the update.
Complete instructions are available on how to upgrade, but remember, this is for 3.5 licenses only! Installing this update with a license that is not for version … Continue reading »
The Impact of Zend Platform on PHP Performance
Load Testing SugarCRM and the Zend Platform
The performance of our reference PHP application under load (a default SugarCRM installation) showed a 140% increase, measured by total system capacity, after installation of the Zend Platform.
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Web Performance Suite™ 3.5 Released
The new 3.5 version of the Web Performance Suite is now ready to download!
New Load Testing Features
At Web Performance we believe in continual improvement based on customer feedback, and this release includes a slew of new features. The improved load testing report adds a navigation column to exported reports, making it easy to quickly get to any part of an exported report, either locally, or when accessed from a web server.
Load Testing .NET Applications
Introduction
Load testing is one of those steps that should be performed for every major system rollout but rarely happens. In this article, we will demonstrate the basic procedure for load testing web-based applications, using an ASP.NET application as an example.
Why Load Test .NET?
Working for a performance tools company, I have the opportunity to assist many companies with their load testing efforts. A large number of these efforts happen immediately before deployment or shortly after deployment, when live usage has determined that performance is inadequate. Naturally, performing the load testing at this stage in the project is much more costly than … Continue reading »
Load Testing A Web Application Running in a Virtual Machine
Determining the CPU cost of virtualization with VMware ESX
The performance of our reference application under load (a default SugarCRM installation) on a virtualized server showed a 14% decrease, measured by total system capacity, compared to the same system running natively on equivalent hardware.
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Impact of Zend Optimizer on PHP Performance
Load Testing SugarCRM and the Zend Optimizer
This article measures the performance impact of the Zend Optimizer on a real-world processor-bound PHP application (SugarCRM) under load. Our measure of performance is user capacity. We define that as the number of simultaneous users that the system can support while meeting the specified performance criteria. The performance critera for this test require that all pages load within 6 seconds and no errors are encountered in the application.
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Web Performance, Inc. Releases Safari Browser Performance Research Reports
Durham, NC (PRWEB) — Web Performance, Inc. (WPI), the creator of industry-leading Web performance web load and stress testing software, releases its latest investigative research report on Apple’s Safari Web browser. In response to Apple’s claims that its recently released Windows version of the Safari Web browser was the “fastest browser on Windows,” WPI put these claims to test.
Safari 3 Windows Performance Analysis
Evaluating Apple’s Browser Performance Claims in The Real World
On June 11th, Apple released a Windows beta version of its OSX web browser, Safari 3.0, claiming its the “fastest browser on Windows”. The claims were based on the results Apple found while running the iBench benchmark from Ziff Davis, with separate measurements for HTML, JavaScript performance, and application start time. While benchmarks are invaluable for performance evaluation, we set out to see if those claims would make a difference in actual browser usage.
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Web Performance, Inc. Releases Performance Tools Based on Eclipse
Durham, NC (PRWEB) – Web Performance, Inc. (WPI) announces the 3.0 release of the Web Performance Suite™, an integrated collection of web testing modules based on the Eclipse Rich Client Platform.