Patent ID: 8296603
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A load test method for testing a computer having a plurality of various hardware resources by using load test programs, comprising: acquiring control information corresponding to each load test program, that includes information indicating the type of the hardware resources required for executing each load test program and quantitative conditions determined for each type of the hardware resources indicating a number or a quantity of hardware resource required for executing each load test program; acquiring an assignment rule table specifying a set of rules for each type of the hardware resources, each rule defining a rule for assigning corresponding hardware resource of the computer to the load test program to be executed; selecting a rule for each of the hardware resources from the set of rules specified in the acquired assignment rule table in such a manner that a load is imposed on a predetermined part of the computer; developing load test programs by assigning the hardware resources of the computer to each load test program based on the acquired control information and the selected rule for each of the hardware resources, assigning different hardware resources to each different load test program, and assigning a number of hardware resources indicated in the quantitative conditions included in the acquired control information to each of the load test programs; executing in parallel the developed load test programs; developing a disturbance test program by assigning the remaining hardware resources not assigned to the developed load test program to the disturbance test program, wherein the developed load test program group and the developed disturbance test program are executed in parallel to each other when executing the load test program group in parallel.