Silk Performer –  is a stress and load testing tool which helps us to perform load and stress testing for wide range of applications especially for latest web applications. It is used to assess the performance of Internet servers, database servers, distributed applications and middleware. It helps to answer questions like :

(a) How many simultaneous users can my server support?

(b) What response times do my users experience during peak hours?

(c) Which components are the bottlenecks in my system?

(d) Which areas of my application perform adequately and which areas contain bottlenecks in the forms of business transactions, objects, and operations that can be evaluated?

Below are some collection of videos which explains some basics of Silk Performer.

• Part 1: Basics
• Part 2: Advanced
• Part 3: Browser Driven Load Testing
• Help Link

Part 1: Get-Set-Go with Silk Performer – Basics

• Web Protocol Level Recording
• Customize Session Handling
• Configure User Types
• Define Workloads

• This video demonstrates how to perform a web protocol level recording, and replay of the script

• This video demonstrates how to use the customize session handling wizard, customizing user data and adding verifications.

• This video demonstrates how to configure user types and determine baseline performance.

• This video demonstrates how to define workloads in Silk Performer.

Part 2: Get-Set-Go with Silk Performer – Advanced

• Assign Agents
• Configure Server Monitor
• Parameterize the Form Values
• Adding Firefox and Chrome as Recording Browser
• Debugging and Troubleshooting Techniques

• This video demonstrates how to assign agents in Silk Performer.

• This video demonstrates how to configure server monitoring in Silk Performer.

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• This video demonstrates how to parameterize the form values in our script so that we can read unique data for all users from a csv file.

• This video demonstrates the process of adding Firefox and Chrome as additional recording browsers for Silk Performer protocol level recordings.

• This video demonstrates Debugging and Troubleshooting Techniques in Silk Performer

Part 3: An Introduction to Browser Driven Load Testing (BDLT)

• This video provides an introduction to the basics of browser driven load testing including Project Outline, Model Script, Adding Verification, Try Script and TrueLog Explorer