Virtual session benchmarking tool for measuring performance and/or scalability of centralized desktop environments
AssigneeLogin VSI B.V.
InventorJeroen van de Kamp
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for simulating user load and evaluating performance and/or capacity of SBC or VDI datacenter infrastructure. The method runs workloads on a virtual desktop infrastructure for an increasing number of virtual users. When the average response time of the infrastructure to performed operations exceeds a predetermined threshold, the number of simulated users at that time may be considered the capacity of the infrastructure.
Claims20
A method for evaluating performance and/or capacity of server based computing or virtual desktop infrastructure, the method comprising:
- a) loading the infrastructure with simulated user workloads;
- b) increasing the number of simulated users;
- and
- c) determining a capacity of the infrastructure when a response time, including a baseline response time and a fixed latency, exceeds a predetermined response time threshold due to the loading of the infrastructure in said step a) and increasing the number of simulated users in said step b).
The method of claim 3, said step of launching a number of test applications comprises the step of launching two or more test applications from the group consisting of:
- Microsoft® Office, Internet Explorer® and Adobe PDF Reader®.
A method for evaluating performance and/or capacity of server based computing or virtual desktop infrastructure in a datacenter, the method comprising:
- a) performing a baseline phase to determine a baseline response time of the infrastructure under a low workload;
- b) loading the infrastructure with simulated user workloads;
- c) increasing the number of simulated users;
- and
- d) determining a capacity of the infrastructure when a response time, including the baseline response time and a fixed latency, exceeds a predetermined response time threshold due to the loading of the infrastructure in said step a) and increasing the number of simulated users in said step b).
The method of claim 12, wherein the time taken to perform each of the actions in steps e) to j) are weighted with respect to each other.
A method for evaluating performance and/or capacity of server based computing or virtual desktop infrastructure in a datacenter, the method comprising:
- a) loading the infrastructure with simulated user workloads, the simulated workloads loaded in successive segments, each successive segment performing a number of actions taking a different length of time to perform;
- b) increasing the number of simulated users, each successive new simulated user performing a different segment first and then proceeding to perform successive segments;
- and
- c) determining a capacity of the infrastructure when a response time exceeds a predetermined response time threshold due to the loading of the infrastructure in said step a) and increasing the number of simulated users in said step b).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.