Performance testing resource list

The following is a list of various domestic and foreign resources on Performance Testing collected by the preftest studio:

 

LoadRunner Official Website:

Https://h10078.www1.hp.com/cda/hpms/display/main/hpms_content.jsp? Zn = BTO & CP = 1-11-126-17 ^ 8_4000_100 __

 

Unofficial:

Http://www.genilogix.com/downloads/loadrunner

 

LoadRunner patch:

Http://www.genilogix.com/downloads/loadrunner/lr-patches/

 

LoadRunner help manual:

Http://blog.csdn.net/Testing_is_believing/archive/2010/02/04/5286887.aspx

 

Performance testing websites and blogs:

Http://wilsonmar.com/1loadrun.htm

Http://www.jds.net.au/tech-tips/

Http://www.myloadtest.com/

Http://blog.testsautomation.com/category/loadrunner/

Http://www.loadtester.com/

Http://www.90kts.com/

Http://learnloadrunner.com/

Http://www.51testing.com /? Uid-240349

Http://blog.csdn.net/Testing_is_believing/category/631366.aspx

Http://blog.csdn.net/Testing_is_believing/category/631367.aspx

 

LoadRunner 9.5 basic Tutorial:

Http://files.cnblogs.com/preftest/LoadRunner9.5Tutorial.rar

Jmeter entry:

Http://www.docin.com/p-56018007.html

LoadRunner training materials:

Http://www.docin.com/p-25609881.html

LoadRunner tips:

Http://www.docin.com/p-51111050.html

 

Scott Barber is an industry-recognized performance testing expert. His user experience, not metrics and beyond performance testing articles have benefited many testers.

User Experience, not metrics

• Part 1: Introduction
• Part 2: Modeling individual user delays
• Part 3: Modeling individual user patterns
• Part 4: modeling groups of users
• Part 5: What shocould I time and where do I put my timers?
• Part 6: What is an outlier and how do I account for one?
• Part 7: Upload lidating test results
• Part 8: Choosing tests and reporting results to meet stakeholders needs
• Part 9: Summarizing upload SS Multiple Tests
• Part 10: creating a degradation curve
• Part 11: handling authentication and session tracking
• Part 12: scripting conditional user path navigation
• Part 13: Working with unrecognized protocols

Beyond Performance Testing

• Part 1: Introduction
• Part 2: A performance engineering strategy
• Part 3: How fast is fast enough?
• Part 4: Accounting for user abandonment
• Part 5: determining the root cause of script failures
• Part 6: Interpreting scatter charts
• Part 7: identifying the critical failure or bottleneck
• Part 8: modifying tests to focus on failure or bottleneck resolution
• Part 9: pinpointing the specified tural tier of the failure or bottleneck
• Part 10: creating a test to exploit the failure or bottleneck
• Part 11: Collaborative Tuning
• Part 12: Testing and tuning common tiers
• Part 13: Testing and tuning load balancers and networks
• Part 14: Testing and tuning Security

 

Translation:

Http://www.cnblogs.com/pent/archive/2007/07/02/802167.html

 

 

Performance testing team formation

Load and performance test teams
Http://www.perfwolf.com/Managers/TheStructureOfAnLandPTeam/thestructureofanlandpteam.htm

High-performance software testing teams: A Guide for managers and team leads
Http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/content/RationalEdge/sep04/dimaggio/index.html

High-Performance Testing
Http://www.logigear.com/newsletter/high_performance_testing.asp

Tuning Test teams
Http://www.perftestplus.com/resources/tuning_teams_ppt.pdf

The performance pm: driving for a faster product
Http://www.perfwolf.com/PM_s/Perf_PM/PerformancePM.pdf

 

 

Common LoadRunner scripts:

Code snippets for LoadRunner

Http://files.cnblogs.com/preftest/CodeSnippetsforLoadRunner.rar

 

Run LoadRunner in Windows 7:

Http://www.jds.net.au/tech-tips/loadrunner-in-windows-7/

 

HP sizing tool for VMware vsphere

Http://h71019.www7.hp.com/activeanswers/cache/120132-0-0-0-121.html

 

HP sizer for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

Http://h20338.www2.hp.com/ActiveAnswers/us/en/sizers/microsoft-exchange-server.html

 

Performance testing in VMware environment:

Application Performance Testing in VMware Environments

Ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/servers/vmware/4AA1-5799ENW.pdf

 

In addition to the system () function, you can use the popen () function to call the command line program:

Running command-line programs from LoadRunner

Http://www.myloadtest.com/dos-commands-from-loadrunner/#more-191

 

Use plink to execute remote Unix commands:

Running remote Unix commands from LoadRunner

Http://www.myloadtest.com/ssh-with-loadrunner/

 

Java record-replay:

Java record-Replay with LoadRunner

Http://www.myloadtest.com/java-record-replay-vuser/

 

Send an email using the mapi protocol:

[How-to] Call Microsoft Outlook and send email using mapi protocol in LoadRunner

Http://technofriends.in/2010/08/05/how-to-call-microsoft-outlook-and-send-email-using-mapi-protocol-in-loadrunner? Utm_source = feedburner & utm_medium = feed & utm_campaign = feed % 3A + technofriends + % 28 technofriends % 29 & utm_content = Twitter

 

Use LoadRunner to send emails

Using LoadRunner to send an email

Http://www.bish.co.uk /~ Richard dmjbishop/index. php? Option = com_content & view = article & id = 107% 3ausing-loadrunner-to-send-an-email & catid = 34% 3 arecent & Itemid = 1

 

Key Points of LoadRunner's test of exchange and Outlook:

Hints and tips for using LoadRunner with exchange and outlook

Http://www.testingperformance.org/loadrunner-mapi-protocol.php

 

How to monitor Oracle Performance

How to monitor Oracle database performance

Http://oracle.sys-con.com/node/1475462

Https://community.dynatrace.com/community/display/PUB/How+to+Monitor+Oracle+Database+Performance

 

UNIX performance monitoring

UNIX performance monitoring with LoadRunner

Http://www.bish.co.uk/index.php? Option = com_content & view = article & id = 90: Unix-performance-monitoring-with-LoadRunner & catid = 34: Recent & Itemid = 1

 

Add the MySQL database to LoadRunner:

Installing MySQL library and binary files into LoadRunner

Http://www.bish.co.uk /~ Richard dmjbishop/index. php? Option = com_content & view = article & id = 106% 3ainstalling-mysql-library-and-binary-files-#-loadrunner & catid = 34% 3 arecent & Itemid = 1

 

After LoadRunner is installed, switch the running mode of the LoadRunner Agent (process mode and service mode)

Changing LoadRunner Agent to run as a process or service
Http://www.bish.co.uk /~ Richard dmjbishop/index. php? Option = com_content & view = article & id = 97% 3achanging-loadrunner-agent-to-run-as-a-process-or-service & catid = 34% 3 arecent & Itemid = 1

 

Use server Cache Control to improve Apache Performance

Use server Cache Control to improve performance

Http://www.websiteoptimization.com/speed/tweak/cache/

 

The GUID generation function in LoadRunner.

LoadRunner guid creator

Http://www.loadtester.com/loadrunner-guid-creator

 

Dynamically truncate some strings on the left

Vugen: trim strings with dynamic lengths on left

Http://www.loadtester.com/trim-strings-dynamic-lengths-left

 

LoadRunner performance monitoring Best Practices

HP performance engineering Best Practices series-performance monitoring Best Practices

Download:

Http://www.communities.hp.com/online/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/loadrunner.Documents/hp_5F00_man_5F00_LR9.51_5F00_PerfMontor_5F00_BP.pdf

If loadrunner9.51patch is installed, you can directly find monitoring_bp1_in The Help file of the installation directory.

 

Top 10 root causes of server performance problems

Top 10 performance problems taken from Zappos, monster, Thomson and CO

Http://blog.dynatrace.com/2010/06/15/top-10-performance-problems-taken-from-zappos-monster-and-co/

Http://www.infoq.com/cn/news/2010/08/top10-server-side-performance

 

Top 10 root causes of performance problems on the Web Client

Http://blog.dynatrace.com/2010/08/25/top-10-client-side-performance-problems-in-web-2-0/

Http://www.infoq.com/cn/news/2010/08/web-performance-root

 

Question about LoadRunner loading custom DLL

Troubleshoot LoadRunner vugen errors loading m dll's

Http://www.loadtester.com/vugen-lrloaddll-errors

 

Conversion between HTML, URL, and plain text

Vugen: HTML/URL/Text Conversion

Http://www.loadtester.com/vugen-htmlurltext-conversion

 

Setting of LoadRunner monitoring Oracle

Set up an oracle monitor in LoadRunner using a baseball bat

Http://www.loadtester.com/set-oracle-monitor-loadrunner-using-baseball-bat

 

Oracle performance issue diagnosis script:

Oracle Performance Tuning Val guide-Scripts

Http://guyharrison.squarespace.com/opsgsamples/

 

Key Points of database optimization:

Database Tuning

Http://www.testingperformance.org/database_tuning.php

 

 

How to open a file on a remote machine in the script:

Vugen: open a file on a remote machine

Http://www.loadtester.com/vugen-open-file-remote-machine

 

Use a batch file to create a log file with a unique name:

Save unique log files with a Windows batch file

Http://www.loadtester.com/save-unique-log-files-windows-batch-file

Creating uniquely named log files with details of running processes (tasklist)

Http://www.bish.co.uk/index.php? Option = com_content & view = article & id = 82: tasklist-log-files & catid = 34: Recent & Itemid = 1

 

Example of using do-loop in LoadRunner:

LoadRunner vugen: Do Loop example

Http://www.loadtester.com/loadrunner-vugen-do-loop-example

 

Dynamic naming transactions:

Vugen: Dynamic transactions created from a parameter file

Http://www.loadtester.com/vugen-dynamic-transactions-created-parameter-file

 

Set the server or URL address as a parameter

LoadRunner vugen: Make any server or URL A PARAMETER

Http://www.loadtester.com/loadrunner-vugen-make-any-server-or-url-parameter

 

In the vugen script, determine whether an integer is an odd or even number:

LoadRunner vugen: Determine if an iteger is odd or even

Http://www.loadtester.com/loadrunner-vugen-determine-if-iteger-odd-or-even

 

Let the web_submit_data Function Support Dynamic Data Count:

Vugen: Dynamic Data in web_submit_data

Http://www.loadtester.com/vugen-dynamic-data-websubmitdata

 

Loadrunner9.1 memory usage reference table:

Http://www.loadtester.com/files/LoadRunner_91_MemoryFootprints_305609.xls

 

Measure the transaction time in the script:

Vugen: Measure transaction timings in milliseconds

Http://www.loadtester.com/vugen-measure-transaction-timings-milliseconds

 

Capture all HTTP responses

Vugen: capture all HTTP responses

Http://www.loadtester.com/vugen-capture-all-http-responses

 

LoadRunner test Ajax

Http://blog.csdn.net/testing_is_believing/archive/2010/02/04/5289899.aspx

Http://blog.csdn.net/testing_is_believing/archive/2010/02/05/5290979.aspx

 

LoadRunner script design specifications

LoadRunner standards-a useful guide-Performance Testing Techniques

Http://www.testingperformance.org/loadrunner-standards.php

 

10 tips for performance Script Development:

10 top tips for automated performance scripts

Http://www.testingperformance.org/top-tips.php

 

What is SLA?

What are service level agreements?

Http://www.testingperformance.org/SLA.php

 

About the load test environment

Load Test environments

Http://www.testingperformance.org/testEnvironments.php

 

"Artificial" performance bottleneck

Load Testing-artifical bottlenecks
Bottlenecks that you will not encounter in Production

Http://www.testingperformance.org/Artificial-Bottlenecks.php

 

Volume Analysis

Volumetric Analysis
Http://www.testingperformance.org/volumetric-analysis.php

 

Performance test procedure:

Http://www.testingperformance.org/non-functional-test-cycle.php

 

Association in the performance test script:

Automatic Test script correlation

Http://www.testingperformance.org/Correlation.php

 

Control log options in the script

Vugen logging options

Http://www.testingperformance.org/vugen-logging-options.php

 

Control think time in controller and read custom think time

Global think time: vugen

Http://mishmashmoo.com/blog? P = 45

 

Parameterized transaction name:

Paramatising transaction counters: vugen

Http://mishmashmoo.com/blog? P = 40

 

How to integrate sitescope10.0 and loadrunner9.0?

Sitescope 10.0 integration with LoadRunner 9.0

Http://mishmashmoo.com/blog? P = 33

 

Use lr_next_row to select the specified data row of the parameter data table File

Select a specific row from the paramater table: vugen

Http://mishmashmoo.com/blog? P = 37

 

Check and handle script errors in LoadRunner

Error Checking in LoadRunner

Http://mishmashmoo.com/blog? P = 28

 

Method for generating random numbers and random strings

Random Numbers & words

Http://mishmashmoo.com/blog? P = 24

 

Question about viewstate Association in LoadRunner

Viewstate correlation

Http://alexanderpodelko.com/blog? P = 29

 

Raid performance:

Raid Performance

Http://www.testingreflections.com/node/view/5458

 

Simulation of remote user experience in performance testing:

Simulating remote user experience

Http://www.testingreflections.com/node/view/5337

 

How to select performance testing tools:

Good test tools and how to pick them

Http://www.testingreflections.com/node/view/3341

 

13 common mistakes in load testing:

The top 13 mistakes in load testing applications

Http://discerning.com/papers/stqe/final.pdf

 

How fast is it?

Beyond performance testing part 3: How fast is fast enough?

Http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/4249.html

 

Fast bottleneck locating:

Rapid bottleneck identification. A better way to Load Test

Http://www.empirix.com/www/resources/media/pdf/whitepapers/wp_RBI.pdf

 

LoadRunner tips and tips for a foreign DANIEL:

My LoadRunner tips and tricks

Http://blog.testsautomation.com/2010/07/my-loadrunner-tips-and-tricks/

 

Use lr_force_think_time to override the LoadRunner function:

Overriding LR functions with custom code

Http://ptfrontline.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/overriding-lr-functions-with-custom-code/

 

LoadRunner calls the DLL written by Delphi:

Using a custom DLL in LoadRunner

Http://ptfrontline.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/using-a-custom-dll-in-loadrunner/

Creating a DLL with Delphi for LoadRunner

Http://ptfrontline.wordpress.com/2010/04/13/creating-a-dll-with-delphi-for-loadrunner/

 

Non-standard implementation of LoadRunner's SMTP protocol

LoadRunner and its non-standard SMTP implementation

Http://ptfrontline.wordpress.com/2010/01/10/loadrunner-and-its-non-standard-smtp-protocol-vuser-type/

 

Simulate Load Balancing in the LoadRunner script

In-script simulation of a load-balancer with LoadRunner

Http://ptfrontline.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/in-script-simulation-of-a-load-balancer-with-loadrunner/

 

How to run the vugen script in a certain cycle:

How do we run vugen script periodically?
Http://www.loadrunnertnt.com/how-tos/how-do-we-run-vugen-script-periodically/

 

Advantages and disadvantages of using vsts for performance testing (compared with LoadRunner ):

Http://www.perfwolf.com/The_Load_and_Performance_Teste/LoadTestingWithVSTS/loadtestingwithvsts.htm

 

How do I verify file download?

How-to verify file downloaded

Http://www.loadrunnertnt.com/how-tos/how-to-verify-file-downloaded/

 

Stopping web performance thieves:

Http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/ecom/article.php/1370691

The root causes broke down into four main areas -- databases, web servers, application servers and the Network -- each resulting in 20% to 27% of the total number of problems.