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Performance Testing from the Cloud
Monday, February 23, 2009 at 5:40PM
I've seen a lot of activity lately about using "the cloud" for performance testing. Here's the current run-down of load testing options "from the cloud:"
It's exciting to see so many new options cropping up. I would not be surprised to see some of the other smaller players in the performance testing space start offering similar services this year, while the larger (HP, Borland) companies will be unable to move quickly enough away from their existing "consulting services." The open source options appear to be well behind the current commercial offerings, but could be viable options if you're willing to put in the time.
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UPDATE: 2/24/09 2:08 PM -- Added LoadStorm
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UPDATE: 3/13/09 10:14 AM -- Corrected URL for "Grinder In The Cloud ..."
Open Source
- Pylot - Web Load Testing from Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
- Grinder In The Cloud - A cloud based load testing environment
- Load Testing From The Cloud (JMeter)
Pay to play
It's exciting to see so many new options cropping up. I would not be surprised to see some of the other smaller players in the performance testing space start offering similar services this year, while the larger (HP, Borland) companies will be unable to move quickly enough away from their existing "consulting services." The open source options appear to be well behind the current commercial offerings, but could be viable options if you're willing to put in the time.
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UPDATE: 2/24/09 2:08 PM -- Added LoadStorm
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UPDATE: 3/13/09 10:14 AM -- Corrected URL for "Grinder In The Cloud ..."
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Thanks for noticing us :) If you're interested in a more in-depth evaluation of our service with high levels of load, I'd be happy to provide it. We love feedback from experts on performance and testing.
CloudTestGO is a cloud based 'Pay to Play' offering from CSS, launched recently.
Hi,
thanks for the reference but you got the wrong AMI, the Agent only. Please refer to http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=2055 to get the Controller or to http://www.jk-itberatung.de/grinder/GrinderInTheCloud.pdf to get your hands on the documentation.
Regards,
Jörg
[...] The emergence of cloud computing adds new possibilities for performance testing. An elastic compute cloud like Amazon EC2 provides the ability to scale up quickly with the number of application deployments because of increasing load. For performance testing, the cloud can be used the other way around: for temporary use of many load generating test clients to generate expected and peak loads for your application. This saves you from having to buy many servers to run the load generating clients and if you run these performance tests say only a couple of days in a release cycle, this can be an economically attractive solution. Quite some information is available how to test with various performance tools from the cloud. [...]
disclosed: I am the HP LoadRunner Product Manager.
I think that our Software-as-a-Service Performance Testing solutions at HP are very well suited for anyone, and the technology we use is built on the core LoadRunner components.
It's important for us to take a great testing tool like LoadRunner and deliver with more self-service, on-demand models...that would appeal to developers or agile testing teams.
Don't forget Shunra Software, we're embedded within the HP Loadrunner and Performance Center platforms, using our software to accurately record real-world testing results.