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Random Thoughts and Musing

Random Thoughts and musing of a Performance Tester/Technical Project Manager.

The Appetite to Eat Efficiency

Performance Irony

“Any gain in bandwidth capacity through efficiency techniques will be short lived. Increases in functionality, bad practice or abstracted inefficiency will absorb that initial saving quickly ” – me  I was flicking through the IKEA catalogue the advert (see diagram) struck a cord with me. An  LED bulb had been created which was 85% more energy efficient...

Performance Testing Citrix

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Load Testing and Citrix I wanted to write a high level overview of why performance testing with Citrix is different from other protocol adaptors and isn’t straightforward.  This is possibly one of the least popular protocols for performance engineers to load test because its simplicity ironically makes it complex. Citrix is designed to deliver secure...

Load Testing GUI’s don’t work – Don’t swap the wheel for a square.

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Performance testing is complex, you can’t use just a screwdriver – you need a swiss army knife. I’ve seen yet another performance test tool that sells itself as needing ‘no scripting’ ability. A scriptless tool – ‘no coding required’.  I’ve lost count of the number of tools I see selling with these points. If you’re...

The Slow Death of a Giant and Birth of New Children.

HP - Can you feel me? Maybe soon!

Loadrunner and a slow death.  It was a good Test Managers’ Forum yesterday. Alan Wallet from ING did a presentation on the direction of test tools and how the landscape has changed.  What struck me most was the general consensus in the room that while Mercury is an expensive and great tool, since they...