Hello,We were wondering if there was a way for us to be able to use LoadUIWeb as a load testing tool on one of our own server. We have a linux server here and would like to know if it is possible to instead of purchasing a LoadUIWeb server from SmartBear, we can use our own and configure it as neccessary. We would like to use this tool to help us load test our web application.If possible would we have to purchase a separate license for this and what requirement(s) would our server/system need?Thank you!Also, I am quite new to load testing in general so I may sound like a newbie.-Hai Nguyen

Hi Hai,I am not sure what LoadUIWeb server you are talking about...LoadUIWeb is an application that records http(s) traffic produced by the web browser on the client. Then the recorded traffic may be parameterized (for example to simulate login as different users) and executed (again, on the client(s)) on behalf of one or more users to simulate a mass load on the tested web server.Simulation is performed as http requests sent from the client side, so it can be executed against web server installed on any machine running any OS. The only requirement is that tested web server must be accessible via http.

Hi Alex,It was my understanding that LoadUIWeb uses some sort of server to load test. I am probably wrong! I assume LoadUIWeb was similar to LoadRunner. LR has their servers across the country and to do a load test I upload my LR scripts onto their LR controller component and from there specify the amount of VU(s) and load test from there.Can the free version of LoadUIWeb do true load testing?

Hi Hai,> Can the free version of LoadUIWeb do true load testing?Yes, definitely (though it may depend on your definition of 'true load testing' term :) )Not sure about LoadUIWeb, but LoadUIWeb Pro also contains standalone component that can be installed on additional machines to increase the load on the tested server (as it is not recommended to create more than 200-250 VUs on one machine).But even in this case all testing is done from clients and requires nothing to be installed on the server (though LoadUIWeb can monitor performance counters on the tested server).

Hi Alex,If I just wanted to load test using only 200 VU at max, am I able to use the free version of LoadUIWeb to handle this test? Will the test still be considered a true load test with only 200 VU?

Hi Hai,According to http://loaduiweb.org/go-pro/free-vs-pro.html, LoadUIWeb (free version) does not support distributed testing (that LoadUIWeb Pro does) but, according to http://loaduiweb.org/docs/gettingstarted/productoverview/load-testing-basic-concepts.html still supports 200 VUs for the single box.> Will the test still be considered a true load test with only 200 VU?There is no definite criteria as for what load test can be considered a true load test as this depends on your expectations and requirements for the tested software. For example, if you are testing custom web-based bug-tracking system for internal use and you know for sure that no more than 50 users will use it concurrently, then 200 or even 100 VUs load will be a perfectly acceptable load test. On the contrary, for the online auction site with the expectation of 300-500 bids per minute, 200 VUs most probably will not generate the comparable load.The final note: you may consider Think Time parameter (http://loaduiweb.org/docs/testing/editing/changing-think-time.html) and set it to lower value to equivalently emulate the load that corresponds to more than 200 VUs.

[LoadUIWeb] Using LoadUIWeb on my own server?

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haingocnguyen21
Occasional Contributor
11 years ago
Hi Alex,

I know with LoadUIWeb Pro we can export our result into pdf, html, etc. How does the free version of LoadUIWeb export their results? Is there even a way to export with just the free version?

Thanks!
AlexKaras
Champion Level 3
11 years ago
Hi Hai,

According to the documentation (http://loaduiweb.org/docs/testing/results/working/exporting-test-results.html) test results export is available in the Pro version only.
haingocnguyen21
Occasional Contributor
11 years ago
Hi Alex,

The computer I am using has the folowing specs:

Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3320M CPU @ 2.60GHz

4.00 GB RAM

64-bit Operating System

I did a simple load test on my web application with a total of 50 VUs. 25 on one scenario and 25 with another scenario. My problem is I am seeing load time from anywhere between 1.13 secs to 19.40 secs.

The load time for those transaction should not be so high. Is it my laptop that is too slow to handle the load test?

My manager wants to see which part of the web application will take longer than 1 sec with 50 VUs. With my test, every transaction came back as an error since it is more than 1 sec.

Is my laptop the problem? Or am I testing incorrectly?
haingocnguyen21
Occasional Contributor
11 years ago
Also Alex,

Is there a way (in the free version) to have the VU run indefinetly?

-Hai

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