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Interview with Lawrence Nuanez of ProtoTest
ProtoTest, provider of consulting services in specialized software quality and test projects, uses Load Tester to help their clients determine how many users their websites can handle. I spoke with Lawrence Nuanez, Senior Consultant, to find out more.
Load Testing from the Cloud
Over the last few weeks I’ve been tinkering with Amazon’s EC2 service, setting up a Load Tester load engine AMI and running tests from cloud instances. Our conclusion is that cloud engines can be useful, but there are some things you need to be careful about because they can cause subtle problems or even invalidate your test.
Getting Started
You’ll need to follow the Amazon instructions for getting set up on the service, as laid out in the Getting Started Guide. This is a somewhat non-trivial process that involves generating an X.509 certificate, and an SSH … Continue reading »
