Safeguards Against EC2-Level Degradation

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Jun 022011

Recently someone asked if our load testing performance is ever affected by other EC2 users, given the varying levels of EC2 utilization among tests/iterations. The short answer is no. The longer answer is we’ve done rigorous system testing, going beyond Amazon’s extensive measures to provide consistent performance across their cloud network.

While most other load testing tools use 500 or more virtual users per CPU core, BrowserMob is extremely conservative with our capacity (RAM, CPU, disk space, etc.). We use only one browser per core and no more than 50 virtual users. The result: highly consistent measurements and absolute confidence that any poor response times come from the site under test (SUT) and not the testing tool itself.

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Working with Amazon EC2 - A Quick Case Study

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May 112011

As you all know, BrowserMob utilizes Amazon Web Services (AWS) and open source software to power our services – in fact, BrowserMob couldn’t have been started without it.  We have put together a case study about our work with Amazon, highlighting the ways that it is helping us save you money.

Our approach to load testing depends on launching thousands of instances in short order, and AWS fits that model perfectly.

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BrowserMob Expands Global Reach with New Tokyo Agent Location

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Apr 272011

Konichiwa Japan!

BrowserMob is pleased to announce that we have added a new agent in Tokyo, Japan. We’re excited to be able to offer our users this new location for load testing and website monitoring.

This will be our eighth location from which you can monitor web performance. For Load Testing, Tokyo will be our fifth location from which you can generate traffic. The Tokyo location will aid our Singapore location for the Asian geographic region. You can find more information on the other locations, and the corresponding IP address ranges here: http://blog.browsermob.com/2008/12/faq-what-are-the-ip-addresses-of-your-browsers/

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FAQ: How do I run a load test against a website hosted in Amazon EC2?

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Dec 162009

Often when someone wants to test a site that isn’t yet ready for public release, they will use various security measures to keep the general public from looking at it. Sometimes they will use BASIC authentication and other times they will use firewall rules to only allow certain IP addresses access to the site.

However, as we continue to see a growing trend of BrowserMob customers who are deploying websites in the Amazon cloud using EC2, we wanted to highlight that the firewall technique does not work using our service.

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