User manual BORLAND SILKPERFORMER DATASHEET

[. . . ] DATA SHEET BORLAND® SILKPERFORMER® Product overview Borland® SilkPerformer® is a proven, powerful and easy-to-use load and stress testing solution for optimizing the performance of business applications. Easy-to-create, accurate and realistic tests simulate tens or even tens of thousands of IT system users in a wide range of enterprise environments and platforms. [. . . ] Minimize test and fix cycles and better utilize expensive resources Improved ROI. Provide greater access to test creation and execution for more team members and support a higher number of virtual users per box Leverage current investments. Reduce your investment in multiple tools and training, exploit new technologies and maintain business confidence even as technologies change Quick user adoption. Discover ease of use with step-by-step workflow wizards REALISTIC, LIGHTWEIGHT AND ACCURATE SIMULATION The innovative SilkPerformer technology minimizes the hardware resources needed per virtual user, enabling more and larger load tests. Within a single load test, virtual users working with different Internet, middleware and database protocols - across varied computing environments - can be simulated. For internationalized applications that utilize Unicode®, SilkPerformer supports multibyte character sets and UTF-8. Client IP address simulation allows for the testing of load-balanced sites. Detailed feature overview REDUCE COSTS, FEWER RISKS OF PERFORMANCE RELATED FAILURES SilkPerformer ensures the quality of business applications by measuring their performance from the end-user perspective - while also monitoring system performance - in a variety of scenarios under Dynamic load conditions. SilkPerformer can reduce costs and minimize performance risks by helping you: Accurately assess application performance, scalability and reliability characteristics before deployment Create realistic, reproducible load test scenarios to cover all critical use cases and requirements PROBLEM ISOLATION AND CORRECTION Powerful end-to-end diagnostics capabilities help identify the root cause of performance problems, then take corrective action and report on activities. Client-Side Diagnostics The unrivaled TrueLogTM technology of SilkPerformer provides visual frontend diagnostics from the end-user perspective. TrueLog visually re-creates the data that users provide and receive during load tests - for HTML pages this includes all embedded objects - enabling you to visually analyze the behavior of your application as errors occur during load tests. [. . . ] Code-Level Root-Cause Resolution For deep-down, code-level resolution of performance issues, Borland offers dynaTrace Diagnostics. Fully integrated, click-through drill down delivers a multi-tier performance breakdown to identify the root cause of performance bottlenecks, down to the offending line of code for both JavaTM and . NET applications. SUPPORTED ENVIRONMENTS Protocols and Interfaces for Load Testing HTTP(S)/HTML, Unicode (UTF-8), SOAP (XML), WAP2 (WTLS, MMS), i-mode, streaming media (MS, Real), Adobe® Flex/AMF, FTP, LDAP, MAPI, IMAP, SMTP/POP, SSL, CORBA (IIOP), Java RMI (EJB/J2EE), . NET Remoting, (D)COM, Oracle® Forms, Citrix® ICA, ODBC, ADO, Oracle Call Interface (OCI), DB2 CLI, TCP/IP, UDP, Tuxedo® ATMI, Jolt, Jacada®, TN3270E, TN5250, and T100/200+ Open Interfaces . NET Framework Java Framework VB Framework COM Interface DLL Interface Packaged Applications (CRM/ERP) Remedy ARS Web SAP PeopleSoft Siebel Oracle Applications Real-time Server Monitors Windows and UNIX® system/network counters JMX SNMP Server counters for Microsoft IIS ApacheTM IBM® WebSphere® BEA® WebLogic® Oracle® IBM® DB2® Microsoft® SQL ServerTM Product Specifications and System Requirements SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Operating System Microsoft® Windows 7, Windows Vista®, Windows® 2008, Windows® 2003, Windows XP Memory 512 MB RAM (1024 MB recommended) Networking 10 MBit Ethernet (100 MBit recommended) (c) 2004 - 2009 Borland Software Corporation (a Micro Focus company). [. . . ]