Loadrunner - Difference between Web(HTTP/HTML) and WEB,AJAX(Click & Script) protocol in terms of virtual user
Web (HTTP/HTML) protocol script consist of series of requests written in C functions. Loadrunner start processing the requests one by one, once request is completed after receiving the response, it just forget what happened and proceed with the next request, so it consume less memory and don't process any web page code. Single web page consist of multiple requests and responses. Need to correlate the entire dynamic content,
Where as click & script protocol virtual user is a hidden browser like HtmlUnit, it works similar to the real browser by executing the web page code, so correlation is not required . By using very limited object properties, HP could implement QTP technology into this protocol. User can also access page DOM using java script similar to .Object in QTP. Naturally it consume more memory and create more load on load injectors. No correlation is required for the dynamic content, it is similar to the QTP scripts running in C style. If there are grid items and similar objects need to handle objects Html ID's.
Major issues with this protocol - Some GUI objects are not recognized, load generator hardware requirements, memory and CPU usage is unpredictable, when used with application having heavy AJAX and third party controls.
If the application is using heavy AJAX and third party controls, it may consume lot of memory and CPU usage. Always monitor load generator memory and CPU usage, it should not go beyond 80%.
In these situation, we do have following issues when virtual users are running as "thread".
Some of the virtual users may fail with the following error message
Loadrunner create virtual user using mmdrv.exe process, if virtual users are running as process, virtual user count and mmdrv.exe process in the task manager count will be same.
Install load injectors with Windows 2003 64bit to accommodate more memory.
How to handle objects not identified by AJAX protocol.
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Web (HTTP/HTML) protocol script consist of series of requests written in C functions. Loadrunner start processing the requests one by one, once request is completed after receiving the response, it just forget what happened and proceed with the next request, so it consume less memory and don't process any web page code. Single web page consist of multiple requests and responses. Need to correlate the entire dynamic content,
Where as click & script protocol virtual user is a hidden browser like HtmlUnit, it works similar to the real browser by executing the web page code, so correlation is not required . By using very limited object properties, HP could implement QTP technology into this protocol. User can also access page DOM using java script similar to .Object in QTP. Naturally it consume more memory and create more load on load injectors. No correlation is required for the dynamic content, it is similar to the QTP scripts running in C style. If there are grid items and similar objects need to handle objects Html ID's.
Major issues with this protocol - Some GUI objects are not recognized, load generator hardware requirements, memory and CPU usage is unpredictable, when used with application having heavy AJAX and third party controls.
If the application is using heavy AJAX and third party controls, it may consume lot of memory and CPU usage. Always monitor load generator memory and CPU usage, it should not go beyond 80%.
In these situation, we do have following issues when virtual users are running as "thread".
Some of the virtual users may fail with the following error message
Action.c(360): Error: C interpreter run time error: Action.c (360): Error -- memory violation : Exception ACCESS_VIOLATION received.
Function Specific error
Action.c(360): Notify: CCI trace: Action.c(360): web_browser(0x02081b03 "Java_Script", 0x0208214f "ACTION", 0x02081292 "EvalJavaScript=igtbl_getRowById('ctl00xc...", 0x02082111 "LAST")
In-order to overcome above error, run the virtual user as "process" instead of "thread", now virtual users are stable and each is assigned separate memory. Function Specific error
Action.c(360): Notify: CCI trace: Action.c(360): web_browser(0x02081b03 "Java_Script", 0x0208214f "ACTION", 0x02081292 "EvalJavaScript=igtbl_getRowById('ctl00xc...", 0x02082111 "LAST")
Loadrunner create virtual user using mmdrv.exe process, if virtual users are running as process, virtual user count and mmdrv.exe process in the task manager count will be same.
Install load injectors with Windows 2003 64bit to accommodate more memory.
How to handle objects not identified by AJAX protocol.
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Would not selection of downloading all non-html resources in Runtime settings upon reply using WEB HTTP/HTML protocol account for server response to the client?
ReplyDeleteIE 8 will be responded with 6 parallel connections by server as opposed to 2 for IE 6, so would not be better to account for it by just changing the User-Agent info to reflect IE8 in order to "tell" the server to generate response tailored towards IE8?