load-testing

How to load test my Push Notification traffic

Is there some way to load-test my iPhone/iPad PNS sending routines in the sandbox? I'd like to see how fast my processes can send messages so I can figure out how to scale. I need to know how long it's going to take to send 20,000 notifications, for instance. Anyone have suggestions? Thanks. ...

Can anyone please recommend any good Load Testing software?

Can anyone please recommend any good Load Testing software? I have a website which updates scores every minute via ajax calls and need a load testing software which supports ajax calls (javascript) too! ...

How to load test a SOAP interface (are SOAP function calls atomic)?

A server offers a SOAP function call interface. Hundreds, perhaps a few thousand, of PCs call that function. I need to load test this using a single PC. At the moment I just have a for loop. Is that good enough? If not how can I make the test more realistic? I had thought of threading, but if the SOAP function call is atomic then that ...

How do I load test Azure Table to 500 IOPS or greater?

I want to test the claim that Microsoft has for Azure Table Storage Partitions. They say that they get 500 IOPS per partition... but I want to see for myself and also look at how the storage client library will react to an overloaded partition. Since I've seen various issues with the servicePointManager and other items regarding this,...

Web Capacity Analysis Tool (WCAT) Tutorial

I'm finding it very difficult to find any decent tutorials on how to get up and running with WCAT quickly. Does anyone have a link to a decent tutorial on it that they found useful when trying to get to grips with WCAT? ...

What's the difference of VS2008 and VS2010 when I do a Load Testing?

Hello, Everyone :) I have a project and I want to do some load testing to it. I have a VS2008 test Edition now, but there is another choice: VS2010 Ultimate. Should I do my load testing on VS2010 Ultimate? Is it a better choice? Why ? What's the difference of VS2008 and VS2010? Thanks for your attention :) ...

Remote jmeter-server sends all output to controlling jmeter instance

My workplace is connected via cable internet with limited up/downstream, so for load-testing a web application I am using a distributed approach: An instance of jmeter-server (v2.4) is running on a remote linux box which has proper internet connectivity. The controlling jmeter GUI (also 2.4) is running on my desktop. The two are conne...

Detailed, per URL statistics in WCAT

I used to use MS's Homer tool for quick load testing. That tool was great - it had an easy-to-use UI and provided detailed reports on a per URL basis. I'm now switching over to WCAT because Homer is withdrawn and doesn't run on post-Vista versions of windows. The reporting in WCAT seems much weaker than in Homer. Is there a way to get ...

Testing method: Using 'Private Browsing' for testing sites without cache?

I'm wondering if anyone switches to private browsing mode to test sites sans cache? You know when you have to clear cache to make sure that what you are seing is fresh from the server, surely private browsing is a safe, and faster way to do this, instead of having to go to your settings each time and clearing. Putting this out there to ...

% Processor Time on Process vs. Proccesor

I'm looking at a visual studio loadtest results, and something does not make sense. The (_Total) % Processor Time under Process category is almost linear. The (_Total) % Processor Time under Processsor category makes saw teeth pattern. Question 1: What is the difference between the % Prcessor Time under Process category vs. under Pro...