SilkPerformer is an integrated performance testing solution that makes it possible to create powerful, realistic load tests for thousands of users running business scenarios across a broad range of enterprise application environments including the latest web 2.0 technologies. Unlike point product load testing solutions, SilkPerformer also includes SilkPerformer Diagnostics to help identify and resolve performance and scalability bottlenecks and SilkPerformer Cloudburst, a cloud based offering for simulating massive peak loads.
Performance critical applications
Software applications are the engine of business, enabling customers, partners and employees to perform business critical transactions. This criticality means these interactions must continue to perform well even as volume increases. The growing volumes and complexity puts applications and the systems that support them under massive stress, and can cause systems to fail.
SilkPerformer is used by organizations that want to ensure their applications will be able to perform under peak loads. It simulates user load on business applications to validate performance. If an application fails to perform, SilkPerformer provides visibility and insight into performance behavior and immediately diagnoses the root causes of the problem.
Performance crisis
Many organizations have been burned by application performance problems, often arising from a big promotional event, a seasonal activity, unusual end of month processing, the merging of two systems etc. A major change in business volumes can result in a performance crisis. Organizations experiencing this type of failure typically have a CIO level mandate to fix them.
SilkPerformer is a complete solution for performance testing. It not only simulates loads but also diagnoses problems, enabling companies in the middle of a performance fire-drill to validate that there is a problem, and gain insight into how to fix it. If a massive peak load is needed, SilkPerformer can very quickly and economically simulate the load without having to invest in load testing hardware and setup.