Patent ID: 6799213
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A server load test system for use in testing server operations under a simulated actual load, comprising:a virtual user generator configured to generate one or more virtual users; a storage system configured to store a rules table and a data table; a message builder in communication with the virtual user generator and the storage system, with the message builder being configured to retrieve a server test action for a virtual user of the one or more virtual users from a test design specification, retrieve a rule set for the server test action from the rules table, form one or more server test messages for the server test action according to the rule set, retrieve test message data components from the data table according to the rule set, and insert the test message data components into the one or more server test messages according to the rule set in order to form a complete server test message set for the server test action and for the virtual user.