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  • SQUID: An Alternative for Virtual Table Server for LoadRunner

    Posted on May 30, 2012 by Admin

    In a previous blog, I reviewed Virtual Table Server and its history with LoadRunner. I wrote about many of my friends in the testing community who have contributed to it, talked about it, and used it in practice. Today, I want to introduce you to ANOTHER one of my longtime friends, Ed Leno of Solution Maniacs. Ed is one of the most talented performance engineers and consultants that I have had the privilege of working with over the years. He has decided to create a new utility application called SQUID (Simple Queues of Independent Read Entire Entry

  • LoadRunner and Virtual Table Server

    Posted on May 24, 2012 by Admin

    For many long-time users of LoadRunner, Virtual Table Server (VTS) has been an unsupported tool that many of us have relied upon to solve dynamic data dependency issues under load. VTS is a virtual data file that multiple load generators can reference to create, modify, and consume data Think of it as a “living” data file (or table) that runs in memory. The load generators can get values from a single pool of data on the fly. One Vuser can create new data, and any other Vusers can immediately consume it. I’m not sure who originally Read Entire Entry