Does anyone know of one (a utility or script that can be used to load or stress test an arserver by running submits, modifies, merges and queries)?

I'd like to be able to test the architecture and make sure I don't have any bottlenecks in the network or the db i/o channels.

I'm thinking that if there isn't, one could be written in ARSPerl (but I'm guessing here).

Thanks in advance,

Bill

Hello Bill,

It is very interesting you posted this to the forum right now; in fact, I may be able to help you out here. I work for a company called rocKnot, Inc. that is a Remedy Alliance Partner. We develop software to work specifically with the Remedy AR System. We have just developed a new product called ‘Load Challenger’ that is in Open Beta right now and is due to be released to the public in early March. This product will fit your needs perfectly. It is a GUI-based application that is very easy to use and you can have it up and running tests in less than one hour with no external training needed.

Load Challenger will help you easily assess the cost and performance impacts to your system. The best part of the product is that you use it in concert with the Remedy User Tool to test your AR System. It provides you with the ability to duplicate the exact processes your end-users go through, including any external interfaces you have built into your workflow to gather, verify, or push data though.

If you would like to check out the product further you can find it on our website at http://www.rocknot.com/lc.html. Also, it you are interested you may want to consider participating in our beta testing program for the Load Challenger product. To get more information about the beta program you can go to http://www.rocknot.com/LC/index.html.

CJ

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Hi

There's a great tool I was using at LogicaCMG which allows you to run unlimited users against a server performing any activities you have recorded and which also measures performance. The tool allows you to use several workstations and uses the Remedy API so you can be sure its adequately emulating User Tool actions. It was really useful to actually prove that the whole architecture would stand up to the battering it would face in the production environment. The tool is made by Panacea Workflow Systems and can be downloaded from http://www.pws-europe.com

Support from the company was excellent through the process of and we're using their migration & analyser tool as well!

Good Luck
Robin A.
robnekrassov@hotmail.com

Thanks for the great replies folks! I appreciate it more than you can know.


Decisions... Decisions...

Thanks again,

Bill