Patent ID: 8676530
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system to support performance testing of an application, comprising: one or more application servers operable to deploy and execute the application, wherein the one or more application servers are configured using a plurality of configuration properties, wherein the plurality of configuration properties of the one or more application servers are represented as a configuration space defined by a set of logical dimensions, and wherein each logical dimension in the configuration space represents a configuration property of the one or more application servers and each point in the configuration space represents a test run based on a particular variation of the plurality of configuration properties of the one or more application servers; and a load generating tool operable to generate and execute a first set of test runs to measure performance of the application, wherein the first set of test runs are performed based on a plurality of variations of the plurality of configuration properties of the one or more application servers; and a variation controller operable to: