- Web Load Testing Runtime

Runtime

Once the test scenario has been recorded, you're ready to run the test, checking your application and infrastructure's behaviors in real time as the test progresses.

With its Live Profile Manager technology, NeoLoad creates a virtual user behavior that is extremely close to real user conditions:

• Bandwidth Manager: NeoLoad can simulate users connecting to the server using different bandwidths, such as dial-up, ADSL or local network connections..
• IP Aliased: Test architectures using load balancing, by defining several IP addresses to be used by each load generator.
• Ramp-up Policies: With just one click, view the difference in your server's behavior as users connect: all at once, one after the other, or by time periods.

You can make your tests as comprehensive as you wish, taking into account every contingency, thanks to our exclusive and easy to use Smart Load technology:

• Smart Schedule: Create NeoLoad populations with different user business profiles and vary the ratio of each to increase the variety of test cases.
• High Load Support: NeoLoad's distributed architecture allows you to put extremely high loads on your server (several thousand simultaneous virtual users). Since the load generators are provided free of charge, the choice of test architecture is up to you.
• Live Monitor: Monitor you applications' behavior under load in real time.

Monitoring server components

To pinpoint the cause of a performance problem, information needs to be collected from the server infrastructure during the test. NeoLoad's dedicated platform and server monitoring modules allows it to carry out this task remotely.

Our module design, based on industry standards, does not require the installation of third-party programs on the servers to be monitored.

• Operating system monitoring: Monitor Microsoft Windows, Linux, Sun Solaris, IBM Aix and HP-UX operating systems (memory, threads, CPU, HD etc.) . An RSTAT module is also available.
• Application server monitoring: Monitor Microsoft .NET, JBoss, Tomcat, BEA WebLogic, IBM WebSphere, Oracle Application Server and Jonas application servers (sessions, pools, Virtual Machine…) .
• Database monitoring: Monitor Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, IBM DB2 and PostgreSQLDB database servers (sessions, I/O, buffers etc.)
• Web server monitoring: Monitor performance counters (services, queues etc.) for Microsoft IIS and Apache Internet services.
• SNMP device monitoring: Monitor SNMP managed devices, such as hubs, routers and other network elements, using the MIBs (Management Information Bases).

Three simple steps

The load test is carried out in three steps. The third step involves analyzing the test results.

Find out about results features.