Yesterday a customer called me to ask about how his current traffic levels translate to the load he should use for performance testing. We discussed it in several ways, and he said I had been helpful. This morning he sent me an email with a fantastic suggestion to write a blog post about our discussion….
The load testing metrics described here are key performance indicators for your web application or web site. Response metrics show the performance measurement from a user perspective while volume metrics show the traffic generated by the load testing tool against the target web application. Response Metrics Average Response Time Peak Response Time Error Rate Volume…
Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter compromised for industrial espionage A number of multinational companies, including Apple, Facebook, and Twitter, have been compromised by a group suspected of industrial espionage. Recent reports by Symantec and Kaspersky Lab exposed the hacking collectives as a powerful group that has compromised the billion-dollar companies since 2011. Symantec suspects the…
What do these errors mean? Many of the errors will be HTTP status codes which can easily be looked up on wikipedia or RFC 7231. Some of the errors you encounter will not have an HTTP status code. These errors are defined by LoadStorm. Common HTTP Status Codes 400: Bad Request – A VUser sent…
What do these errors mean? Many of the errors will be HTTP status codes which can easily be looked up on wikipedia or RFC 7231. Some of the errors you encounter will not have an HTTP status code. These errors are defined by LoadStorm. Common HTTP Status Codes 400: Bad Request – A VUser sent…
How can I use analytics to estimate the number of virtual users to ramp up to during my load test? That’s a good question. Nowadays tools like Google Analytics can offer real time monitoring which will give you the best insight into your peak levels of traffic and how that traffic may spike for a…
What do these errors mean? Many of the errors will be HTTP status codes which can easily be looked up on wikipedia or RFC 7231. Some of the errors you encounter will not have an HTTP status code. These errors are defined by LoadStorm. Common HTTP Status Codes 400: Bad Request – A VUser sent…
There was a lot going on in the internet this week! We can expect to see Twitter and Google partner up, but we can expect the opposite for Comcast and Time Warner cable. WordPress adds a security update after the disclosure of a cross-site scripting vulnerability, and Microsoft developers create a tool that guesses your…
How can I use analytics to estimate the number of virtual users to ramp up to during my load test? That’s a good question. Nowadays tools like Google Analytics can offer real time monitoring which will give you the best insight into your peak levels of traffic and how that traffic may spike for a…
Jason Buksh is a Technical Project Manager and Performance Consultant in London, England. Jason has extensive experience with performance testing at many companies including HSBC and Siemens. He is skilled with tools such as Rational, Grinder, and Performance Studio. His certifications include LoadRunner. We appreciate his time to share some good thoughts with us about…
