Systems and methods for testing WAAS performance for virtual desktop applications

A computer-implemented method for setting up a test environment, wherein the test environment is used for optimizing performance of a wide area application service (WAAS), the method comprising:

• establishing a first number of virtual client machines and corresponding virtual server machines to transmit data communication through a wide area application service;
• collecting a first set of network performance statistics and traffic properties associated with the data communication through the wide area application service between the first number of virtual client machines and corresponding virtual server machines;
• establishing a second number of virtual client machines and corresponding virtual server machines to transmit second data communication through the wide area application service, the second number of virtual client machines and corresponding virtual server machines, collectively, forming a test environment for the wide area application service;
• generating, based on the collected first set of performance statistics and traffic properties, production packets to account for differences in scale of the first and second number of virtual client machines and corresponding virtual server machines for transmission between the second number of virtual client machines and corresponding virtual server machines through the wide area application service;
• storing, at a database accessible to a second number of virtual client machines, the generated production packets;
• cause the transmission of the generated production packets between the second number of virtual client machines and corresponding virtual server machines through the wide area application service;
• collecting a second set of network performance statistics and traffic properties associated with transmission of the generated production packets between the second number of virtual client machines and corresponding virtual server machines through the wide area application service;
• comparing the second set of network performance statistics and traffic properties with the first set of network performance statistics and traffic properties;
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• in response to the comparison, generating subsequent production packets for transmission between the second number of virtual client machines and corresponding virtual server machines through the same wide area application service until the second set of network performance statistics and traffic properties matches the first set of network performance statistics and traffic properties.

A system for setting up a test environment for testing a wide area application service (WAAS), the system comprising:

• a database for receiving and storing network traffic statistics and properties associated with a first set of traffic flow within a first network comprising a first number of virtual client machines and corresponding virtual server machines connected therebetween through a wide area application service;
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• a processor, communicatively coupled to the database and configured to:
• establish a second set of traffic flow associated with a second virtual network, wherein the second set of traffic flow has a traffic volume associated with a second number of virtual client machines and corresponding virtual server machines connected therebetween through the wide area application service, wherein the second number is greater than the first number;
• translate the first set of traffic flow into the second set of traffic flow by scaling, based on differences of the first and second number of virtual client machines and corresponding virtual server machines;
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• adjust the second set of traffic flow associated with the second virtual network so that the network traffic statistics and properties associated with the second set of traffic flow matches the network traffic statistics and properties associated with the first set of traffic flow.