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MisterPatishi
MisterPatishi

Reputation: 1

Running load tests from home network

I need to perform a load test using loadrunner to simulate load generated from external network (My home network) on servers placed in some organization in the same region.

The application which will be tested is a web site (Not Heavy one) which users can be logged into and get personal information.

I am very concerned that my home network bandwidth wouldn't be enough to generate the following load :

I need to simulate 250 Web concurrent users which will perform about 30,000 transactions in an hour.

My home network specs and statistics:

Download - 75M - 7.5 Megabyte/sec

Upload - 3.5 M - 350Kbyte / sec

From your experience is this would be enough to generate the desired load? If not what can be done to simulate load from external network?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 443

Answers (2)

James Pulley
James Pulley

Reputation: 5682

  1. One Load Generator is never enough from a process perspective. Consider at least three, two for primary load and one for a control set. So, right off of the bat you are likely to have issues.
  2. Mentioned previously. Go to the cloud: Amazon, CloudAzure, GoDaddy, Rackspace, 1&1, etc... all have virtual machines that you can use for performance testing hosts running load generator software. More locations is better as this minimizes the influence of one host network over another if you are looking for representative experiences. Odds are your site will be on one backbone and some of your load generators may have to peer over from another backbone. This is not bad as this provides a more realistic view of your end user experiences from different locations.
  3. Check your end user agreement from your home. Unless you have a business class agreement from your home such traffic may appear to be a DDOS event, setting off alarms at your service provider. Don't be surprised if you find yourself suddenly cut off from the internet without warning. I have seen this happen before with people attempting to generate load from their homes against a site.

Upvotes: 2

Buzzy
Buzzy

Reputation: 2995

As you can see in the comments, the amount of load you can generate is affected not only by the network bandwidth but also by the script itself and the LG machine specifications. What I mean is that there is no definitive answer to your question without taking all the parameters into account.

What you should do is create an account on one of the popular cloud providers (Amazon, Azure, HP) and create a machine with the exact specifications you need based on the parameters as you know them. Most of these services allow you to increase the machine size and the bandwidth if needed for some extra pay.

Good luck!

Upvotes: 1

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