Re: Load Testing Help Needed

Ed wrote:
>
> Can anyone recommend and low cost tool(s) for load testing a database
> server? I looked at Quest's Benchmark Factory, but it doesn't provide
> the flexibility I need in this situation I'm facing The $15K I was
> quoted for the Quest tool is a bit pricey, so I don't believe more
> expensive tools (e.g., Load Runner) are viable candidates.
>
> Here's what I have to work with:
>
> I will have a log file from our mid tier server that will contain all
> the SQL generated by the application. However, since the system is not
> in production, I will be limited to using a single user or small group
> to simulate use of the application. Therefore, I will have to find a
> way to scale the limited capture to production-like levels and
> substitute values for transactions and queries.
>
> Can anyone recommend a tool(s) that would allow me to 1) automate
> substitution of values in WHERE clauses and INSERT/UPDATE statements and
> 2) perform load testing using ascii files as the input?
>
> TIA for your help,
>
> Ed
>
>

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Ed,

   You can have a look at Simuload, which we have not developed but which we market, on the Oriole site (http://www.oriole.com). Compared to other products it's a bit crude (we contemplate wrapping it in a nice GUI in the future, it has been written by a hard-core Unix developer, ex-Digital, ex-Sun and now Oracle, and it shows), you may have a bit of work to do (wrapping SQL statements in PL/SQL procedures, chiefly) but it's not very expensive and gives results relatively easily.

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