We have been asked some questions on how JMeter scaling works. First a little background and then we’ll talk about how you can do it. If you are running JMeter locally and you need to simulate a larger number of concurrent users, there are limitations on the number of concurrent users you can run. It depends on the CPU and memory of the machine. And running a large test on a single machine can quickly hitRead More →
In many test scenarios, you will want to load test internal applications running on your cloud or in your own data center. Here is a guide on picking a path based on your deployment. Our load agents run inside your AWS environment. So if you have a tunnel or traffic management place already you might not have to do anything. If your applications are running on AWS but perhaps in a different vpc, region, or accountRead More →
RedLine13 was built for JMeter Cloud Load Testing. That gives you several advantages. This allows you to scale your JMeter tests to any size. It works with Apache JMeter and other open source platforms and plugins. And you can easily make testing part of your CI/CD environment with Jenkins and other platforms. Background Before the cloud, testing was very expensive to run. The costs associated with running and maintaining the hardware needed for performance tests wereRead More →
We always talk about how inexpensive it is to load test with RedLine13 and AWS. Still, users are concerned and ask us what AWS will cost them. So here’s a real customer who runs high volume testing, what’s referred to as Continuous Load Testing. Let’s see how much their AWS Continuous Load Testing costs are. Jay Holland is the Director of QA and DevOps at Precision Sample, LLC, a market research company leading the way amongRead More →
Here are some questions we’ve received on a common topic: how to whitelist IP addresses for load testing. Q: We are using the Redline13 Basic Subscription for load testing and would like to know the Public IP’s that we need to whitelist for the test to be successful. A: It sounds like your application is behind a whitelist and you need the load agents to be able to connect to it. The simplest way is toRead More →
AWS announced that the AWS Europe (Stockholm) Region is now open. RedLine13 announces that you can use RedLine13 in the Stockholm AWS Region for Load Testing. The Stockholm Region joins Frankfurt, Ireland, London and Paris as the fifth AWS Region in Europe, and the 20th AWS Region worldwide. The AWS Europe (Stockholm) Region consists of three Availability Zones and with this launch, the AWS Global Infrastructure now offers 60 Availability Zones worldwide, serving customers in overRead More →
AWS announced that the AWS Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) Region is now open. RedLine13 announces that you can use RedLine13 in the Hong Kong AWS Region for Load Testing. The AWS Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) Region is the eighth active AWS Region in Asia Pacific and mainland China along with Beijing, Mumbai, Ningxia, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, and, Tokyo. With this launch, AWS now spans 64 Availability Zones within 21 geographic regions around the world. RedLine13 has added support forRead More →
Customers often ask: Which is the best AWS instance for load testing? It’s a great question. However it never has a direct answer:) As an AWS Advanced Technology Partner, we’ve had a lot of experience with AWS. Here’s how we respond. 1 – First, it depends on what kind of testing framework you’re using, whether it’s JMeter, Gatling, Selenium or something else. For simple HTTP endpoint test or simple PHP/Python, start with T class. For otherRead More →
Microsoft recommends using alternate load testing tools now that VS2019 is the last version with Visual Studio Load Testing capabilities. Visual Studio users are welcome on RedLine13, partnering with Amazon AWS. This could be the best alternative load testing tool for many users. Take all of the time you need and run your own test on RedLine13. It’s staying put.Read More →
Most people don’t realize that there are unavailable AWS instance types in certain regions. In other words, every AWS region does not have every AWS instance type. RedLine13 is an AWS Advanced Technology Partner. When you are ready to choose your AWS instance type in RedLine13, you will see ALL of the AWS instance types. But those that are unavailable in that region will be disabled so you can’t choose them. In this example you seeRead More →