RedLine13 supports Apache JMeter 5.5. We won’t repeat all that’s new in JMeter 5.5 since there are many sources for that. Here’s an informative one from QAInsights https://qainsights.com/whats-new-in-jmeter-5-5/. You can read more than 100 articles on JMeter in the RedLine13 blog. Try JMeter 5.5 for yourself and see what it has to offer. You can easily run your own RedLine13 test and check out JMeter 5.5.Read More →
Many companies are struggling with the need for comprehensive load testing, the cost of load testing and limited budgets. This post will tell you about something you may not have considered: Load Testing with AWS Spot vs On-Demand Instances. To begin with, RedLine13 understands the high cost of load testing. If you don’t know the RedLine13 story, that’s what led us to create RedLine13 for our own testing. There are many different types of load testingRead More →
A common question that RedLine13 users ask is how many vCPUs needed for load testing. One example of such a question might be: I want to do a load test with 500k users. I’m trying to decide how many vCPUs I would need for this, and therefore which plan to go for with Redline13. Please could you advise me on how many users you’d recommend per vCPU. AWS has an article in their documentation which speaksRead More →
RedLine13 is a load testing SaaS tool that fits into your overall existing architecture. We have taken steps to provide required security that keeps your data private, and if needed isolated to your environment. Minimal Personal Data RedLine13 stores the bare minimum in terms of identifying information – only your name (first and last) and your email address are stored in our system. Passwords are secured with a one-way cryptographic hash utilizing a salt. We neverRead More →
In a previous post we described how to enable and access the JMeter Dashboard Report. It is a useful reporting platform for JMeter tests, providing a sophisticated level of detail alongside powerful summary metrics. In this post we will describe some specific use cases for the JMeter Dashboard Report related to running load tests on RedLine13. Determining Success or Failure of a Test One of the primary goals of load testing is to experimentally derive orRead More →
People often ask what it will cost to run a large load test with RedLine13 on AWS, especially for large JMeter tests. We have lots of articles explaining how the AWS costs are determined. But some people have asked to see AWS costs for large JMeter load tests with real results from real customers. We think that listening to our customers is a good idea. So here they are. We’ve included test summaries from five differentRead More →
There are situations where separation between your application environment and load generating environment are necessary. In fact, it is generally a feature of a realistic, well-architected load test. In this article we will explain how you can easily and conveniently configure an AWS multiple account setup for load testing as a measure to secure your application environment. Configuring Access between Multiple Accounts RedLine13 integrates with your AWS account to provision resources on your behalf. With AWS,Read More →
One of the main benefits to RedLine13 is the ability to efficiently scale your load test across multiple load generators. Ordinarily a challenge would present itself in collecting these results into one unified data set. With RedLine13 we have something called “Merge Results“. You can use the Merge Results feature and analyze all your results at once. In this brief post, we will discuss why many will find this to be useful. What are Merged Results?Read More →
As you build your load test, you will need a way to debug your JMeter test. This is often accomplished initially using the JMeter’s GUI. When you move to the cloud however, there may be some differences that cannot be fully evaluated locally. To gain access to similar output – including logs – RedLine13 offers a feature to save output files for your JMeter and other load tests. In fact, there are a few useful things thisRead More →
An AWS account unlocks the most important and useful features of RedLine13. Signing up for AWS only takes a few minutes and it is free. You only pay for the resources you want, when you need them. New accounts are eligible for the AWS Free Tier, meaning you can use certain resources completely free for the first 12 months, and other resources which are free forever. In this post, we will guide you through the stepsRead More →