Full Tutorials

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Measuring SugarCRM Performance This tutorial demonstrates the steps for a typical load testing project using the SugarCRM application as an example. The majority of this article is applicable to load testing any web-based application.
Load Testing an AJAX Application Most of us are relieved that web applications are starting to behave more like desktop applications - they're becoming smarter and easier to use. But you may be surprised that they can also be more difficult to load test.
Load Testing 101: ASP .Net Applications A detailed look at the process of load testing ASP .NET Applications. Most of this article is applicable to a wide range of web-based applications.

Mini Tutorials

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Best Practices Through our Load Tester product development and load testing service experiences, we have found some easy tips and general strategies that can help make your load testing efforts more successful.
Unique User Logins This tutorial demonstrates configuration of a typical testcase to use a unique identity (username/password) for each virtual user (a.k.a. VU or simulated user) in prepration for load testing.
Customizing User Input This tutorial demonstrates the configuration of a typical testcase to enter unique values into a form for each virtual user (a.k.a. VU or simulated user) in prepration for load testing.
Creating a Dataset This tutorial demonstrates how to create a dataset. A dataset is used to configure fields to use dynamic values during a load test. This will typically correspond to data that the simulated user should enter into form fields on a page.
Overriding ASMThis tutorial demonstrates two techniques for overriding the default Application State Management dynamic field configuration settings.
Handling AJAX callbacksThis tutorial demonstrates one approach to handling AJAX callbacks in an AJAX-enabled web application using a custom detection rule.
Load Testing from the Cloud Learn how to generate load from outside your network using our Amazon EC2 load engine integration.
Waiting Users and Average Wait Time Metrics Learn how to diagnose the tricky situation where a server periodically hangs on pages.
User Level Analysis of Performance Results Learn how and why to look at metrics when grouped by load level instead of time.
Configuring and Analyzing Performance Goals This tutorial will show you how you can use performance goals to customize the reports to give you information that is relevant to the individual performance requirements of your system. The goal is to help you learn to draw better conclusions from the data and get more accurate results. You’ll also spend less time poring through the data.
User Capacity Analysis How to measure the maximum capacity of your website in terms of concurrent users.

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