This document summarizes the key features and capabilities of HPE StormRunner Load, a cloud-based load and performance testing solution. Some of the main points covered include:
- StormRunner Load allows for simple, scalable, and smart load testing of web and mobile applications directly in the cloud.
- Tests can be created and run within 10 minutes to test from 1 to over 1 million virtual users from real-world cloud locations.
- The solution provides real-time results, analytics, and problem isolation capabilities.
- Additional features include support for multiple protocols, integrations with monitoring and DevOps tools, and collaboration functionality.
2. A quick history of Performance Engineering
1999 2006 2014 2016
LoadRunner
Performance
Center
StormRunner
Load
Market leader
Rich protocol set
Top class analytics
Enterprise ready
Collaboration
ALM integration
True SaaS delivery
Cloud testing
High scale
3. Private 3
Ready for BiModal IT
Bimodal IT- the practice of managing two separate, coherent modes of IT delivery, one focused on stability and the
other on agility. Mode 1 is traditional and sequential, emphasizing safety and accuracy. Mode 2 is exploratory and
nonlinear, emphasizing agility and speed. – Gartner 2015
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4. HPE StormRunner Load
Performance Testing in the Cloud for Web & Mobile Apps
Simple
Scalable
Smart
Design create a load test
In under 10 minutes
Real time predictive analytics
For quick problem isolation
1 to 1M+ Vusers
From real world locations
5. 1
Create and run a
load test using your
favorite scripting tool
2
Load Generators spin up
in AWS EC2 or MS Azure
3
Results and app
insights are available
in real time
How StormRunner works
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6. Key features – test definition
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Protocol coverage
• Web and Mobile
• TruClient
• SAP
• TruAPI
• Open source
Easy test creation
• HAR File
• REST call
• CSV File
Simple test definition
• Real world cloud locations
• No Hardware required
• Built in network emulation from NV
• Support for using own hardware / testing inside the firewall
• Test run scheduling
13. Key features – analysis
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Online analysis
• Real time results
• Client side, server side, transaction breakdown
• LG monitoring and script error logs
• Online merging, splitting and filtering
• Anomaly detection and SLA alerts
• Snapshot on Error
Offline reporting
• Client side breakdown report
• Exportable offline report
• Export in Word, PDF and CSV formats
16. Key features – additional functionality
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Collaboration
• Multi user, multi test execution
• Shared asset management
• Tagging and folder structure
• Project management and license sharing
• Snapshot on error
Education
• Online documentation
• Public forum
• Linkedin group
• Youtube channel
19. StormRunner Load is ideal for
Agile and Devops projects
Projects looking for SaaS and Cloud solutions
New Web and Mobile projects (Digital teams, Dot Com teams)
Cloud transformation projects
Datacenter migration proects
Resilience testing programs
LOB teams looking for a testing solution
21. Joint success story: Top 20 online retailer
About the customer: Current customer of HPE Performance
Center on SaaS using it for their Center of Excellence (CoE)
The Need: Digital LOB needed a cloud solution for burst
testing and long endurance tests during data center migration.
Customer was using Soasta, which proved to be much weaker
solution.
Current Solution Phase 1: HPE StormRunner Load
Endurance test under high load for 96 hours.
Burst tests of 100K Vusers for 10 minutes each.
Current Solution Phase 2: HPE StormRunner Load
Because of the Project Management, folder tagging and other
features that made StormRunner enterprise ready, the
customer is now using StormRunner Load even for their CoE.
This has become the largest deal for StormRunner Load.
22. About the customer: Current customer of HPE
Performance Center on SaaS, used for their Center of
Excellence (CoE) for 7+ years
The need: Customer needs to provide best user experience
to their customers. Thousands of students interact with their
online app, so they needed a cloud based solution to
generate massive loads from around the world
Solution: HPE StormRunner
Largest test executed : 600K Vusers in one test,
900K Vusers in 2 concurrent tests.
Common spin up time - ~10-15 minutes.
PC on SaaS is still used by Central IT.
Joint success Story: Online Education
23. Joint success story: Online Financial Services
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About the customer:
Existing PC customer.
Requirement:
- 10,000 TC VUsers.
Benefit to customer:
- TCO analysis of running load tests internally,
including new hardware, would have been more than $3M.
- Even with operational cost included, customer got
a 75% cost savings.
- Time to market was immediate, rather than spending time
on purchasing and setting up the hardware.
- Customer still uses PC for testing other technologies.