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Video: How LoadRunner Works

Sure, I know that we already posted a screen-shot video about LoadRunner Walkthrough , but it might also be nice to share another video whiteboard session to introduce HP LoadRunner and how the individual components of HP LoadRunner and HP Diagnostics...

Published 10-30-2009 12:49 AM by mark.tomlinson

Filed under: LoadRunner, Tomlinson

Understanding the language of hosted load testing

I recently got an email from a colleague which was an invitation from a testing service vendor which does load testing on "The Cloud" (internet-hosted testing service). The invitation included some misleading language about load testing that...

Published 10-27-2009 8:19 PM by mark.tomlinson

Filed under: LoadRunner, Tomlinson, Cloud

Testing is Back on the Charts

...and Quality sounds better than ever! The latest release entitled Here Comes Science from the Grammy-winning duo They Might Be Giants (John Linnell and John Flansburgh) includes a track called "Put It to the Test" which celebrates the enthusiasm...

Published 10-02-2009 11:47 PM by mark.tomlinson

Filed under: LoadRunner, Performance Center, Tomlinson

Update: 15-hours into the Non-stop HP Virtual Conference

*original post was at 11:30pm on 9/29/2009* Okay - so I've been working the Worldwide HP Virtual Conference: Functional, Performance and Security Testing for about 15 hours now - nearly non-stop and I've had some great chat sessions with customers...

Published 09-30-2009 6:29 AM by mark.tomlinson

Filed under: LoadRunner, Performance Center, Virtual Conference, Tomlinson

The LoadRunner Non-stop HP Virtual Conference

THE TIME HAS COME!! I really don't want you to miss the Worldwide HP Virtual Conference: Functional, Performance and Security Testing in Today’s Application Reality. And just to show you how committed I am to you and to the conference, I'm...

Published 09-28-2009 5:55 PM by mark.tomlinson

Filed under: LoadRunner, Performance Center, Virtual Conference, Tomlinson

What are the Goals of Performance Testing?

So what is the point of performance testing? I get this question often. And depending on who you talk to, you get different answers. First let me begin by telling you what are NOT the goals of performance testing / validation. Writing a great script Creating...

Published 09-25-2009 6:44 PM by sfeloney

Filed under: LoadRunner, Performance Center, Feloney

HP Performance Engineering Best Practices Series

Just to let you know that we've been putting together some published practices for LoadRunner and Performance Testing...and the electronic version of the book(s) are available free of charge! This one is "Performance Monitoring Best Practices"...

Published 09-11-2009 9:41 PM by mark.tomlinson

Filed under: LoadRunner, Performance Center, Tomlinson

Video: Running LoadRunner Virtualized

If you've ever needed to understand how LoadRunner should be implemented in a virtual environment, you should enjoy this video walkthrough explaining the best practices to do just that. Make a specific note about how your Iteration Pacing and Think...

Published 09-05-2009 1:23 AM by mark.tomlinson

Filed under: LoadRunner, Performance Testing

Video: Ten Virtual Users Just Aren't Enough

And the Rolling Stones once sang a song, “You can’t always get what you want” – but that should all make sense when you watch this video about stress testing. (if your browser doesn't show the video in-line, just click here...

Published 08-21-2009 9:28 PM by mark.tomlinson

Filed under: LoadRunner, Performance Testing, Tomlinson

HP Software Universe Online

If you missed our awesome gathering at HP Software Universe 2009, here’s your chance to get the session information from the private and quiet comfort of your own computer. HP Software Universe Online , offers: · Session PDFs and audiocast...

Published 08-14-2009 4:05 PM by mark.tomlinson

Filed under: LoadRunner, Training, Audiocasts, Podcasts, Presentations, Software Universe

Video: LoadRunner Walk-through

Here's a great introductory video that explains how LoadRunner's different applications work together. It will give new users a look at the Virtual User Generator, Controller and Analysis tools - and how they generally work.

Published 08-10-2009 9:00 PM by mark.tomlinson

Filed under: LoadRunner

Learn: what can you really get out of a Performance CoE

I've been working in centralized performance testing organizations for more than 6 years, giving presentations and consulting on Perf CoE - to the point where I didn't think there was much more to learn. Then I read the preliminary research from...

Published 05-15-2009 12:25 AM by mark.tomlinson

Filed under: LoadRunner

Managing Changes – Web 2.0, where's your shame

Oh, this strange fascination started in 2004 when they coined this new generation of ‘web development’ called Web 2.0. I witnessed this evolution of technology from my seat in steerage at Microsoft as customers switched from the old Active...

Published 05-06-2009 8:08 PM by mark.tomlinson

Filed under: LoadRunner, Performance Center

Video: Understanding Iteration Pacing

I recently got a question about LoadRunner’s Iteration Pacing configuration which is part of the Virtual User Run-time settings. The best way to illustrate the difference between think times and iteration pacing is to show you in a video whiteboard...

Published 05-02-2009 4:57 AM by mark.tomlinson

Filed under: LoadRunner

Hey EMC – how’s it feel to run a 100,000 user benchmark?

Back in November 2008 we got a phone call from our long-time customers at EMC Documentum. They were going to attempt a very large load test pushing their solution scalability to 10-times their normal volume. This would be an absolutely huge test for the...

Published 05-01-2009 4:42 AM by mark.tomlinson

Filed under: LoadRunner

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Video: How LoadRunner Works

Understanding the language of hosted load testing

Testing is Back on the Charts

Update: 15-hours into the Non-stop HP Virtual Conference

The LoadRunner Non-stop HP Virtual Conference

What are the Goals of Performance Testing?

HP Performance Engineering Best Practices Series

Video: Running LoadRunner Virtualized

Video: Ten Virtual Users Just Aren't Enough

HP Software Universe Online

Video: LoadRunner Walk-through

Learn: what can you really get out of a Performance CoE

Managing Changes – Web 2.0, where's your shame

Video: Understanding Iteration Pacing

Hey EMC – how’s it feel to run a 100,000 user benchmark?