Rational Performance Tester Extension for SOA Quality

Single tool for Web service performance testing and problem analysis

IBM Rational® Performance Tester for SOA Quality is a load and performance testing and problem analysis tool.

A load and performance testing and problem analysis tool that extends performance and scalability testing to SOA applications.

All the capabilities of Rational Tester for SOA Quality plus:

  • Validate SOA system scalability:
    • Flexible workload modeling for automated generation of Web service test client.
    • Automated generation of Web service performance tests.
    • Real-time reporting of server response time and throughput.
  • Find performance bottlenecks and enable problem determination for SOA efficiency with broad platform monitoring support for deployed Web services and collection and visualization of server resource data.
  • Flexible test customization through java code insertion allowing advanced data analysis and parsing.

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Features and benefits
FeatureBenefit
Includes all features of Rational Tester for SOA Quality. A visual test editor delivering both high-level and detailed test views. Support for testing of services. Automated data correlation and data-driven testing eliminate need for manual coding. Test creation from WS-BPEL business processes. No programming knowledge is necessary to create, comprehend, modify, and execute highly personalized tests that meet web services standards.
Flexible modeling and emulation of diverse service consumers Ensure that performance testing accurately mirrors user base through a flexible test scheduler that specifies the different groups of service consumers, as well as the activities and usage patterns of each of the groups.
Collection and visualization of server resource data Detect performance and reliability problems that can be traced to hardware issues rather than to software through collecting and displaying multiple server resource statistics, thereby exposing bottlenecks responsible for poor performance.
Java™ code insertion for flexible test customization Advanced users have the option of inserting custom Java code into their performance tests to perform activities such as advanced data analysis and request parsing.
Web services standards support WSDL, SOAP, XML/XSD, JSON, HTTP(S), JMS, WebSphere MQ, WS-Security, Kerberos, NTLM, MIME, MTOM, DIME, Parlay X

System requirements

The following information lists the basic hardware and software requirements for using IBM Rational Performance Tester Extension for SOA Quality.

Remote agent controller (RAC)


Operating SystemSoftwareHardware
AIX, Linux, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional, z/OS Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4.0

Red Hat Desktop 4.0 (running in 32-bit mode)

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 with all service packs

Windows 2000 Professional SP 4

Windows 2000 Server SP 4

Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP 4

Windows 2003 Server - Standard Edition SP1

Windows 2003 Server - Enterprise Edition SP1

Windows XP Professional SP 1 or 2		 Processor Minimum: 1.5 GHz Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 (or higher for best results)

Memory Minimum for Rational Performance Tester Extension for SOA Quality: 768 MB RAM; minimum for just the Agent Controller: 500 MB RAM

Disk space Minimum: 1.5 GB of disk space is required for product package installation. Additional disk space is required for the resources that you develop.

Note: Disk space requirements can be reduced or increased depending on the features that you install.

Additional disk space is required if you download the product package to install this product.

Additional disk space is required if you use FAT32 instead of NTFS.

An additional 500 MB of disk space is required in the directory pointed to by your environment variable TEMP.

An additional 500 MB of disk space is required in the /tmp directory.

Display 1024 x 768 display minimum using 256 Colors (or higher for best results)

800 x 600 display minimum using 256 Colors (or higher for best results)

Other hardware Microsoft® mouse or compatible pointing device

Workbench


Operating SystemSoftwareHardware
Linux, Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4.0

Red Hat Desktop 4.0 (running in 32-bit mode)

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 with all service packs

Windows 2000 Professional SP 4

Windows XP Professional SP 1 or 2		 Processor Minimum: 1.5 GHz Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 (or higher for best results)

Memory Minimum for Rational Performance Tester Extension for SOA Quality: 768 MB RAM

Disk space Minimum: 1.5 GB of disk space is required for product package installation. Additional disk space is required for the resources that you develop.

Note: Disk space requirements can be reduced or increased depending on the features that you install. Additional disk space is required if you download the product package to install this product. Additional disk space is required if you use FAT32 instead of NTFS. An additional 500 MB of disk space is required in the directory pointed to by your environment variable TEMP.

An additional 500 MB of disk space is required in the /tmp directory.

Display 1024 x 768 display minimum using 256 Colors (or higher for best results)

Other hardware Microsoft® mouse or compatible pointing device

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