Scalability test and analysis

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:

• (A) loading a set of simulated actions grouped into action types and associated with a remote session;
• (B) measuring and logging response times for the set of simulated actions;
• (C) repeating (A) and (B) to obtain a plurality of response times;
• (D) aggregating the plurality of response times to obtain aggregated results;
• (E) splitting the aggregated results according to each action type;
• and
• (F) determining an associated break point for each said action type, wherein the associated break point corresponds to a minimally acceptable degree of performance for each said action type.

A method for determining hardware configuration scalability of a multi-user computer system, comprising:

• (A) configuring a plurality of client terminals to reflect a set of user actions that are associated with at least one type of user;
• (B) loading a set of simulated actions grouped into action types and associated with a remote session;
• (C) measuring and logging response times for the set of simulated actions;
• (D) repeating (B) and (C) to obtain a plurality of response times;
• (E) aggregating the plurality of response times to obtain aggregated results;
• (F) splitting the aggregated results according to each action type;
• (G) determining an associated break point for each said action type, wherein the associated break point corresponds to a minimally acceptable degree of performance for each said action type;
• and
• (H) determining a selected break point that corresponds to a minimum average response time, wherein the selected break point corresponds to a number of users that the multi-user computer can support.