working of wowza load testing tool.

[aragonn]

one more thing, when i am doing test is it just maintaining a simulated flash RMTP connections from client box, right.

if i want to transfer live file also. what one should do ??

[rrlanham]

Publish a live stream to the Wowza server you are testing, then use the client's to subscribe to that to create the load. It's covered in the doc

Richard

[mcperson2k]

What does this mean?

INFO server comment - Start [28]: 5
INFO server comment - callConnect [28]: cam1/_definst_
INFO server comment - connected [28]: 1854257252
INFO server comment - call play<first> [28]: myStream
INFO server comment - StreamOnStatus [28]: NetStream.Play.StreamNotFound

I start it, and this is the message I get on the client computer, and on the target computer, I it shows the connections, but I see no change in system performance with any amount of connections, leading me to believe there is no actual connection?

Also,,, "myStream"... What do I put there? Do I leave it as myStream?

[aragonn]

Hi,

Sorry for late response .What do you mean by this Publish a live stream to the Wowza server you are testing, then use the client's to subscribe to that to create the load. I read this line in doc "To test live streaming, first be sure you have the live stream or streams running on the Wowza Media Server target computer". but frankly i don't understand what this means. i have put abc.flv on server in content folder.This is my test.XML

<Property>
<Name>workerCount</Name>
<Value>1</Value>
<Type>Integer</Type>
</Property>
<Property>
<Name>fileCount</Name>
<Value>0</Value>
<Type>Integer</Type>
</Property>
<Property>
<Name>streamName</Name>
<Value>abc</Value>
</Property>
<Property>
<Name>streamExt</Name>
<Value></Value>
</Property>
<Property>
<Name>vhostName</Name>
<Value>_defaultVHost_</Value>
</Property>
<Property>
<Name>connectionString</Name>
<Value>live/_definst_</Value>
</Property>
<Property>
<Name>bufferTime</Name>
<Value>3000</Value>
<Type>Integer</Type>
</Property>
<Property>
<Name>doRandom</Name>
<Value>false</Value>
<Type>Boolean</Type>
</Property>
<Property>
<Name>doRepeat</Name>
<Value>true</Value>
<Type>Boolean</Type>
</Property>
<Property>
<Name>ipAddress</Name>
<Value>++++++++++</Value>
</Property>
<Property>
<Name>ports</Name>
<Value>1935</Value>
</Property>

Still i am getting stream not found. total byte 0. Can you please show me right direction to get stream on it.

Gaurav!

[rclinard]

Have you tried NeoLoad? If you download our free trial you can see that all WOWZA requests are recorded. Media is the latest technology being performance tested as it comes in a few types: smooth, adaptive and dynamic. NeoLoad handles these media technologies with the use of it's fork Action. NeoLoad can simulates hundreds/thousands of users connecting to your Wowza app and concurrently "watch" the video or "listen" to the audio. You will get response times on the download segments (which make up the entire media) and load test the deployment. You will know if you have enough resources available to support the target number of connected users.
Thank you!
Rebecca Clinard, Neotys Performance Engineer,
www.neotys.com

[arpan_synapse]

based on the xml you posted, it is looking for a live stream being published (via FMLE etc) to the wowza server at ip ++++++++++ in application "live/_definst_" called abc.

so publish a stream called abc to that wowza server (livestream) and then run the load test tool with that xml "performance live" (live being the application)
increase your workerCount to simulate more users watching that live stream