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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2002
Yuval Scarlat, Cupertino, CA (US);
Zohar Gilad, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mercury Interactive Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A load testing system comprises multiple load testing servers that are configured to apply a load to a target web site, or other target server system, remotely over the Internet. Using a web site associated with the system, a business entity can upload information (transactions to be tested, etc.) about a target server system to be tested. The business entity also preferably sets up a staged implementation of the target system. The uploaded information is used to generate and run one or more load tests against the staged system, and the results are stored in a database that is remotely browsable via various online reports and charts. The system includes a controller that permits an operator to assign load testing tasks to specific load testing servers. The controller preferably implements a load balancing algorithm to distribute a load associated with load test execution events among the load testing servers.