Load Testing in the Cloud

google app engine

Setup a Load Test on Google App Engine (GAE)

Before performing any sort of test, it is best to plan the expected behavior of the test. In this particular instance, the developer is performing a load test of static pages on the Google App Engine. The App Engine is a specialized Python API tied into a limited computing cloud. The developer is this test will be using the EC2 cloud provided by Amazon Web Services to provide the ramping behavior of multiple virtual users. The five stages of the test are setup, functional test, single node load test, multiple node load test, and interpretation of the resulting data.

Google App Engine

http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/whatisgoogleappengine.html

Google App Engine is the perfect tool for python developers in dire need to move their infrastructure to a Python based Cloud. It is still new and growing. It provides static and dynamic generation of content to a user with minimal effort. Once it matures into a real product and branches out its available languages, it may be the tool for you.

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