We already (mis)used Webtest for load testing, too. We had to reproduce a bug appearing under load and Webtest test cases were almost complete for this application. So why not running several Webtests the same time instead of setting up a whole new load testing tool and environment? :)
Maybe this is something for the future of Webtest, providing a native load test facility to run multiple instances of a webtest at the same time and some suitable steps for timing/... OK, there are more comprehensive tools like JMeter or Loadrunner for example, but wouldn't it be nice to re-use webtest scripts for load testing? Jochen. > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Im Auftrag von Marc Guillemot > Gesendet: Freitag, 26. Januar 2007 10:24 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: [Webtest] Load test with WebTest possible? > > Hi, > > until yesterday I was convinced that WebTest was not an appropriate tool > for load testing. A mail from Serban Balamaci on htmlunit's user mailing > list seems to show that I was perhaps wrong: > > -------------------- > Well actually I'm using it as a load testing tool. I load up to 350 > threads > on one machine. I upped the memory to max 512M of my 1Gig system. I could > even go higher with the number of threads. But i choose to be able to do > some work on my laptop as well so i use 3 other machines that do the same > thing and then consolidate my results into one doc. I even have ajax that > is > processed in my pages. No problems > so far, besides some problems with varios javascript parts that were not > necesary in the bussines flow. > > I use in every new spawned thread a new instance of WebClient, as i need > to > simulate users with different sessions. > Works very good, and at that time that i tried htmlunit was actually my > only > choice to process ajax requests. > So "is htmlunit the best tool for load testing?". Answer: YES. > Nice work HtmlUnit. > -------------------- > > Marc. > _______________________________________________ > WebTest mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canoo.com/mailman/listinfo/webtest _______________________________________________ WebTest mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canoo.com/mailman/listinfo/webtest
