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shankar_r
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8 years ago

TestExecute recommended system requirements

Hi All,   I would like to get a feedback from our testcomplete users on the TestExecute system requirements. I have gone thru the TestExecute recommended system requirements from here.   But,...
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tristaanogre
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8 years ago

Any increase in RAM is a good thing... it reduces the amount of disk caching that may be happening.  I don't have any statistics as to how much performance is improved, but there's nothing wrong with upping the RAM and only good can come of it.

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    Marsha_R
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    8 years ago

    I agree with tristaanogre.  It certainly can't hurt to have more RAM.  We haven't used TestExecute enough for me to judge that, but it did save us some times from our own forgetfulness with TC.  We don't have to be so careful about closing all the other memory hog programs that might cause TC to slow down or lock up.  I would guess that the same happens with TE.

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      shankar_r
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      8 years ago

      Thanks experts :smileyhappy: for your insights.

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        AlexKaras
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        8 years ago

        Hi,

         

        Not a lot of to be added to what was said above by others...

        What I remember is that it was near to impossible to use TC's Object Browser with .Net application of the moderate size if the box had less than 4GB of memory.

        Obviously all you know that TC (likewise TE) gets data about the tested application (and, optionally, about other processes running in the system). Thus the more data TC needs to collect and keep, the more additional memory will help.

        Faster disk will help as well in case of swapping.

        I think that if you really suspect hardware limitations for your test environment, you may use system Resource Monitor to monitor memory and disk usage during test run. Hopefully, this will give you an info whether or not memory and/or disk are bottlenecks for this given test system and tested application.