OpenSTA
OpenSTA featurette in eWeek Labs article
Submitted by dansut on Wed, 12/07/2006 - 18:18. OpenSTA | performance testingIn an article comparing and performance testing various IT stacks (.Net, LAMP, etc) written by Jim Rapoza, there is a nice little feature block on OpenSTA. The benchmarks were actually done using SilkPerformer, but OpenSTA obviously impressed the author enough to provide this plug.
The featurette on OpenSTA can be read online here.
The featurette on OpenSTA can be read online here.
OpenSTA Summit 2005 - Hebden Bridge, UK
Submitted by Antony Marcano on Sat, 04/06/2005 - 22:11. events | OpenSTA[textile] Saturday 28th May - Sunday 29th May 2005
"OpenSTA":http://opensta.org, possibly the best Open Source, Free Performance/Load Testing tool available has had an interesting past. Based on the outcome of last weekend, I would say it has an even more interesting and exciting future.
The best OpenSource tool for general web based load generation is OpenSTA "-Scott Barber":http://www.testingreflections.com/node/view/908Well, this event was probably too informal to call it a summit, but it was a coming together of some of the key players in the project where we discussed a great deal. The agenda for OpenSTA's road-map was firmed up and I am sure that I wasn't the only one who felt inspired by the experience. Project goals, opportunities, migration of legacy code and some exciting concepts for OpenSTA's short, medium and long-term future were all discussed. Read on to find out more...
One of the best open source Load Testing Tools - Updated!
Submitted by Antony Marcano on Fri, 13/05/2005 - 11:05. OpenSTA[textile]**OpenSTA 1.4.3 Released - finally!! Hooray!** The long awaited update to OpenSTA arrives...
Well done and a special thanks to Dan Sutcliffe for a great job in getting this done, not to mention those who donated money and time to make this happen:
This release was made possible by: * etest associates - Antony Marcano * Kereval - Thierry Boullet * Performax - Bernie Velivis * tcNOW - Daniel Sutcliffe * VoxSurf - Marco Santulli * ZebSys Limited - Geoff Hall * and a host of other helpers and beta testers - thanks to all!"Announcement on the OpenSTA Portal":http://portal.opensta.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=41&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
OpenSTA 1.4.3 released
Submitted by dansut on Fri, 13/05/2005 - 03:01. Open Source | OpenSTA | performance testing | web testing toolsThis release has been a long time coming but it should be the start of a new active period in OpenSTAs upkeep and development. The 1.4.3 release corrects some inconvenient issues that arrived with use on WinXP, fixes some old bugs, and generally improves stability specifically in the area of recording. It is recommended that all users upgrade to this new release.
See the OpenSTA portal for more details on the specific fixes included.
See the OpenSTA portal for more details on the specific fixes included.
Performance Tool Comparison: How LoadRunner,OpenSTA and JMeter stack up at runtime - 2
Submitted by Suresh Nageswaran on Mon, 28/02/2005 - 13:04. jMeter | Mercury LoadRunner | OpenSTA | performance testing[textile]
In _*The Republic*_, _Plato_ conjectured on the idea of the dual level reality. One of these is known as the divided line:
!http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl201/images/philosophers/plato/divided_line.gif!
Above the line are the attributes of objective reality; below the line are the attributes of relative reality. This is not very different from user experienced times and response times measured from engineered tests. The problem, then, is to know whether a tool, even a favourite one, tells an objective truth or a relative truth! :)
In _*The Republic*_, _Plato_ conjectured on the idea of the dual level reality. One of these is known as the divided line:
!http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl201/images/philosophers/plato/divided_line.gif!
Above the line are the attributes of objective reality; below the line are the attributes of relative reality. This is not very different from user experienced times and response times measured from engineered tests. The problem, then, is to know whether a tool, even a favourite one, tells an objective truth or a relative truth! :)
Performance Tool Comparison: How LoadRunner,OpenSTA and JMeter stack up at runtime -1
Submitted by Suresh Nageswaran on Mon, 28/02/2005 - 12:26. jMeter | Mercury LoadRunner | OpenSTA | performance testing[textile]
Comparing features among tools, especially performance testing tools, brings another dimension of complexity. The basic premise behind a performance test is to understand what response times can be expected by simulation of user traffic modeled along user actions. These response times may be TTLB (Time to Last Byte) measurements - and usually exclude browser render time. It is merely the time since the request was issued to the time the last byte of the response flowed into the network card on the machine. From the wire to a nicely formatted page on a browser is something not factored into the test.
Comparing features among tools, especially performance testing tools, brings another dimension of complexity. The basic premise behind a performance test is to understand what response times can be expected by simulation of user traffic modeled along user actions. These response times may be TTLB (Time to Last Byte) measurements - and usually exclude browser render time. It is merely the time since the request was issued to the time the last byte of the response flowed into the network card on the machine. From the wire to a nicely formatted page on a browser is something not factored into the test.
Performance Testing: Getting freeware to stack up to commercial tools
Submitted by Suresh Nageswaran on Sat, 12/02/2005 - 06:23. Mercury LoadRunner | OpenSTA | performance testing[textile]
The most popular content on this site seems to be Anthony's comparison between *OpenSTA* and *LoadRunner*. I'm not surprised - Mercury's *LoadRunner* is the most popular tool in this space, but no company is hated more by it's user base. The first and prime responsibility for this anomalous situation must be borne by Mercury's corporate licensing department. A more hostile consumer licensing policy does not exist.
The most popular content on this site seems to be Anthony's comparison between *OpenSTA* and *LoadRunner*. I'm not surprised - Mercury's *LoadRunner* is the most popular tool in this space, but no company is hated more by it's user base. The first and prime responsibility for this anomalous situation must be borne by Mercury's corporate licensing department. A more hostile consumer licensing policy does not exist.
Open Source Load Testing Tools
Submitted by Alexander Podelko on Tue, 12/10/2004 - 14:48. OpenSTA | performance testingI am looking at OpenSTA as an additional tool (to LoadRunner) for our company. The tool really looks quite professional and solid, although many minor problems (not to mention factual lack of analysis part) annoy and make its using questionable when you have other good choices.
I have a feeling that there is some kind of decay in the OpenSTA community (www.opensta.org). All kind of activities are down, no releases last 1.5 years... I wonder what is going on? As a tool improves more people should use it bringing more contributions, shouldn't they?
I have a feeling that there is some kind of decay in the OpenSTA community (www.opensta.org). All kind of activities are down, no releases last 1.5 years... I wonder what is going on? As a tool improves more people should use it bringing more contributions, shouldn't they?