Patent ID: 7346807
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system running on a processor to load test a computer system, comprising: a test script stored on a computer readable medium and executed on a processor that generates a plurality of transactions to test the computer system, the test script operable to generate a basis transaction for each iteration of the script and further operable to generate a non-basis transaction responsive to an indicator for each iteration of the script, the basis transaction having a basis transaction volume; a forecast maintaining a non-basis transaction volume of the non-basis transaction; a transaction iteration calculator stored on a computer readable medium and executed on a processor, where the non-basis transaction volume is less than the basis transaction volume, the transaction iteration calculator to randomly selects a first number related to the basis transaction volume and provides the indicator such that the test script generates the non-basis transaction, where the first number is associated with the non-basis transactions, and where a non-basis transaction volume is greater than the basis transaction volume, the transaction iteration calculator randomly selects a second number based upon the non-basis transaction volume relation to the basis transaction volume and provides the second number as the indicator to the test script to generate the second number of non-basis transactions; and a controller stored on a computer readable medium and executed on a processor to control the test script.