Operating System Requirements
In order to run a load test you need at least two machines, one for running your web server, and another for running the Web Performance Suite™. The operating system requirements listed below are for the machines running the Web Performance Suite™, which is independent of the web server and the operating system of the machine upon which the web server is running.
The Web Performance Load Tester™ module consists of two parts, a controller and a load generating engine, which by default are run together. The load generating engine can be broken out and run on a separate machine, which doesn't require a user interface, and thus can be run on headless servers. For more information please see the documentation for remote playback engines.
| Operating System | Details |
|---|---|
| Windows Vista | |
| Windows XP | SP2 or higher |
| Windows NT | 4.0 (SP6) |
| Windows 2000 | SP2 or higher |
| Windows 2003 | Supported by WPT 2.6 or later |
| Linux | Tested on all RedHat and Mandrake releases since 2001. (Load engines only.) |
| Solaris | 2.8 and later. (Load engines only.) |
