{"id":6346,"date":"2019-05-17T07:06:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T11:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/?p=6346"},"modified":"2019-05-17T07:06:45","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T11:06:45","slug":"best-aws-instance-for-load-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/best-aws-instance-for-load-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Best AWS Instance for Load Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Customers often ask:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which is the best AWS instance for load testing?
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It’s a great question. However it never has a direct answer:) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As an AWS Advanced Technology Partner<\/a>, we’ve had a lot of experience with AWS. Here’s how we respond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 other environments, start with M5 class machines.  Also, we do suggest trying to use SPOT instances to keep the cost down. See this AWS Primer<\/a> on Spot vs. On-Demand instances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 – Once your test is ready, start it on a small size instance and see how many users you can simulate without impacting the test. Check CPU of the load agent. We provide a graph of that during the test run. From there you can scale up machine size and user count. NOTE: Smaller size instances in AWS limit network throughput – we provide that graph as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some other resources that will help you when using AWS for load testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazon EC2 Instance Types<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Load Testing with Different AWS EC2 Instance Types Gives Different Results<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AWS Per Second Billing \u2013 Save More with AWS and Redline13 Load Testing!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can You Load Test an AWS Hosted Site with AWS Load Generators?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Better Load Testing with AWS Instance Tagging<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unavailable AWS Instance Types and Instance Pricing Help<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RedLine13 Announces Support for New AWS T3 Instances<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JMeter Pro Tip \u2013 Extracting AWS Meta Data For your JMeter Test<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We always like feedback. What have you found is the best AWS instance for your load testing? And tell us why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And if you haven’t run a load test with RedLine13, run your own RedLine13 test<\/a> now.

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