rerun a test

Have you ever had the need to run the same test more than once?  Or perhaps you’ve needed to run a similar test that only needed to be changed slightly. In these cases, it can be tedious and time consuming to re-enter all of the testing parameters and environment setup.  However, RedLine13 premium subscribers can duplicate any test with a single click! When you click on the “Clone” button, a copy of your test is created.Read More →

Deciding how many load agents you need

You have written your test plan and are ready to run your cloud-based load test with RedLine13, leveraging AWS resources to easily scale your load profile.  However, before you can launch your test, you’ll need to decide on how many EC2 load testing servers you will need.  In this brief guide, we will discuss the concepts and simple calculations to help you determine that number.Read 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 →

Basic Users get new High Limits and Premium Users get Unlimited Load Testing Every AWS server has a virtual CPU count. For example, an m5.xlarge instance type has four virtual CPUs in total. See AWS EC2 for details.  We are putting in new high limits related to the value of the services we provide from free subscriptions to unlimited load testing for premium users: Free RedLine13 subscriptions will have a limit of 10 vCPUs per test.Read More →

Websites fail for many reasons. One of the most preventable is due to unexpected load. And it can happen to big sites and small. Now that we’ve almost made it safely to 2019, let’s take a look back at some possible load testing blunders of 2018. The story is familiar. A site does little or no load testing. The site experiences heavy load. The site goes down. Not surprisingly, some of the blunders this year involvedRead More →

cloud-load-testing

Intro We can gain a lot of insight into how applications or websites perform thanks to load testing. If you’re serious about testing, running tests inside your local environment will only take you so far. Eventually you will need some kind of solution that allows you to scale. This is where cloud load testing comes into play. Before the cloud, testing was very expensive to run. The costs associated with running & maintaining the hardware neededRead More →

RedLine13 + Testing Diaries Webinar

We conducted our first-ever webinar on August 25th with Maharshi Shah from Testing Diaries, and we wanted to recap and share the recording of the webinar for our users in case anyone missed out. For the first webinar titled “Getting Started With Performance Testing”, we discuss a range of topics that are valuable to those that are just starting out with performance tests. Provided in this post is a recording of the webinar, and in itRead More →

iCIMS Case Study Introduction Here at RedLine13 we always look forward to hearing from our clients about how they specifically use our services. This not only provides other users with insights into how people incorporate and use RedLine13 into their workflow, but it also allows us to improve upon what we do as a company. In an effort to accomplish these goals, we have spoken with some of our clients that regularly use our service. We touchedRead More →

SOASTA is a leading name within the testing industry, offering a great range of testing solutions. Not only do they have load testing solutions, they also offer real user monitoring services, continuous mobile app testing, expert support, and much more. SOASTA offers feature-rich tools and solutions that are ideal for large businesses, however the biggest downside with SOASTA is cost: their plans are expensive. So what if there was a way that you could access what SOASTARead More →