Capture and replay of user requests for performance analysis

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• determining that a capture mode is enabled;
• obtaining a plurality of user requests that have been received via a cloud computing environment;
• asynchronously writing the plurality of user requests in one or more batches to a first database such that the first database includes the plurality of requests;
• moving the plurality of user requests in one or more batches from the first database to a second database;
• reading at least a portion of the plurality of user requests from the second database;
• processing the portion of the plurality of user requests against the cloud computing environment according to a first configuration in a first run;
• collecting performance measurements for the first run;
• processing the portion of the plurality of user requests against the cloud computing environment according to a second configuration in a second run;
• collecting performance measurements for the second run;
• comparing the performance measurements from the first run to the performance measurements from the second run;
• and
• analyzing the performance measurements from the first run and the performance measurements from the second run to determine one or more effects of changing a configuration of the cloud computing environment between processing of the portion of the plurality of user requests according to the first configuration in the first run and processing of the portion of the plurality of user requests according to the second configuration in the second run.

A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

• determine that a capture mode is enabled;
• obtain a plurality of user requests that have been received via a cloud computing environment;
• asynchronously write the plurality of user requests in one or more batches to a first database such that the first database includes the plurality of requests;
• move the plurality of user requests in one or more batches from the first database to a second database;
• read at least a portion of the plurality of user requests from the second database;
• process the portion of the plurality of user requests against the cloud computing environment according to a first configuration in a first run;
• collect performance measurements for the first run;
• process the portion of the plurality of user requests against the cloud computing environment according to a second configuration in a second run;
• collect performance measurements for the second run;
• compare the performance measurements from the first run to the performance measurements from the second run;
• and
• analyze the performance measurements from the first run and the performance measurements from the second run to determine one or more effects of changing a configuration of the cloud computing environment between processing of the portion of the plurality of user requests according to the first configuration in the first run and processing of the portion of the plurality of user requests according to the second configuration in the second run.