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Validating the performance of a Citrix, Microsoft Terminal Server (RDP) and Provision Networks farm was, until now, never straightforward as it should be. Today's load and stress test tools for Citrix, Microsoft Terminal Server (RDP) en Provision Networks farms are either very complicated or way too expensive. Finally, this has changed.
Massive load and stress tests, either in test or production environments, are now easier than ever. Use your own user action scripts together with DeNamiK LoadGen or record and create user action script with the DeNamiK User Action Framework. No changes to the Citrix, Microsoft Terminal Server (RDP) and Provision Networks servers have to be made. Just make sure you have created a couple of user action test scripts with your favorite scripting product or the DeNamiK User Action Framework and have enough workstations available to launch the sessions. With the DeNamiK LoadGen - Director you can manage the LoadBots, create your scenario's, fire away ICA or RDP sessions in a manageable fashion to properly evaluate your Citrix, Microsoft Terminal Server (RDP) and Provision Networks environment and also get a report containing the passed stages of the ICA or RDP sessions.
Since release 1.2 of the DeNamiK LoadGen it's possible to test your complete infrastructure! From VDI to SCCM, Altiris or client-server environments: you can use the DeNamiK LoadGen to load and stress test every Windows based environment available. We call this 'Local Client' loadtesting and it will turn the LoadBots machines into smart load generators. User actions scripts or executables can be started from the LoadBots.
With the DeNamiK LoadGen release 2.0 we have integrated DUAF!
With the DeNamiK LoadGen release 2.0 we have integrated DeNamiK User Action Framework for Citrix load and stress testing! As you might know; only logons on a Citrix, Terminal Server or Provision Networks farm will not do the loadtest. It's necessary to simulate user actions. DeNamiK developed the DeNamiK User Action Framework (DUAF) which is now available in the all of the editions of the DeNamiK LoadGen, even the 25 user freeware version!
There are two versions of DUAF available in the DeNamiK LoadGen 2.0 release:
- DUAF for Citrix: integrated recorder and script builder (VB.NET), the scripts created are automatically launched via the LoadBots when you run a load or stress test
- DUAF for Terminal Server: external recorder and set of scripts based on AutoIt. The DeNamiK LoadGen logs in the users by setting up a Teminal Server or Provision Networks session. The compiled DUAF scenario script can be launched as an executable file after login.
DUAF is a flexible and free framework and very well suited for simulating end-user actions as performed in real-life production environments. In this way load testing will be more valuable because of the added load to the Terminal Servers to make their resource usage more realistic. Besides that, it is also possible for the tester to perform system tests to cover more performance aspects of a company’s infrastructure besides Terminal Server alone.
For example:
- Mailing
- Printing
- NAS I/O
- SAN I/O
- Database
Etcetera.
What's changed in LoadGen 2.0
In the 2.0 release of the DeNamiK LoadGen the following features and items are added or changed:
- DUAF for Citrix integration
- Use ICA files to start the load or stress test (user specific items are tattooed on the ICA file)
- Performance counter process is more robust
- Reports are build in XML, so it's easy to create charts from a spreadsheet application (i.e. Microsoft Excel)
- LoadGen internal processes are stabilized
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