Application enables use of the cloud for load testing

By SMBWorld Asia Editors | Jul 12, 2010

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As organizations develop web applications that will be used by many thousands of users worldwide, traditional load testing methods have fallen short. These methods require far too much hardware and are not able to scale to meet the demands of today’s web applications.

To address these concerns, SilkPerformer CloudBurst, a peak demand load testing capability based on Micro Focus Enterprise Cloud Services (ECS) technology, enables testing organizations to easily manage large load tests that emulate hundreds of thousands of users from multiple global points of presence and to quickly diagnose and resolve discovered issues.

By extending SilkPerformer’s on-premise model with cloud load-generation technology, CloudBurst enables customers the flexibility to drive load from either on-premise or in the cloud or both at the same time. This model also has the advantage of being able to monitor the underlying systems and provide performance diagnostics with one integrated product.

"There are considerable benefits to a hybrid approach for testing as a service that incorporates both worlds – having on-premise controllers for SaaS testing provides ease of access to monitoring applications and to performance data on 'the cloud'," said Melinda Ballou, program director of IDC's Application Life-Cycle Management service. "Also, a licensing model that lets users mix and match both permanent on-premise and adaptive SaaS solutions enables flexible licensing and adoption strategies at a time when companies remain resource constrained."

In order to handle the complexity of today’s Web 2.0 applications, Micro Focus SilkPerformer CloudBurst also delivers a new generation of load-generation technology called Browser Driven Load Testing, which cuts scripting and script maintenance time in half and more accurately emulates end user loads on Web 2.0 applications.