Releasing memory during intensive tests
I am running intensive tests of web services: - consuming 100 services - each service is tested by 100 XML requests. There is a test suite for each service and a test case inside the testsuite....
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Couple of questions for clarity:
- Is it one wsdl with 100 services? Or Multiple wsdl files?
- How many test cases in the project? And test suite count?
- Project file size on the disc?
- Are the tests running Sequential or Parallell? May be CPU intensive if Parallell, and shouldn't be much memory intensive. Just curious.
If I am in the same situation, look for the following:
- Split the project into multiple projects to reduce the size if possible. Of course, keep the related the related services together so that it allows to cover the functionality / feature / data flow across multiple services (integration / system tests).
- Try to run garbage collection explicitly and see if that helps.
- Use command-line utility, i.e., SOAPUI_HOME/bin/testrunner.bat(.sh), to execute the tests instead of running thru UI.