eValid™ -- Automated Web Quality Solution Browser-Based, Client-Side, Functional Testing & Validation, Load & Performance Tuning, Page Timing, Website Analysis, and Rich Internet Application Monitoring.

Summary
The eValid LoadTest "simple process" creates an effective server loading experiment quickly and easily, using standard parameters:

• 1 eValid test script (*evs file)
• Script playback less than 1 minute (website unloaded elapsed time), and up to 30 commands.
• 1 hour loading scenario
• 100 [100] 1000 standard ramp-up scheme starting new BUs at the rate of 100 new users every 5 minutes.
• Hold a 1,000 BUs for 10 minutes at end of ramp-up.
• 1 end-user timing measurement within the script
• 1,000 BUs using a cloud-based machine
• Summary of ~3K timing measurements under increasing load on a single spreadsheet.

Typical Timing Questions
For a standard 1000 BU LoadTest scenario you will usually have one essential timing issue. For example:

• How long does the login process take?
• How much time between "buy" and "order confirmed"?
• How long is it between clicking "request" and delivery of a derived report to the screen?
• How long does a particular page take to load after you click on a button?
• etc.

LoadTest Ramp Schedule
Here is the nominal LoadTest ramp-up scenario and the typical results of the timed section within the test script:

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Typical Deliverables
Typical deliverables for a simple 1000 BU LoadTest include the following:

• The test script in an AUTOPLAY version so you can play it back on eValid for a limited time to confirm script stability and measured timing accuracy.
• The LoadTest response chart (like to the results chart shown above).
• The sequence of response time data used to produce the response chart (in the form of an Excel file).