A recap of premium version features and pointers to the documentation
  • Clone Test
    • A one click mechanism to re-run a previous test or save it for Jenkins.   We found this a useful feature when you are running test after test or just coming back the next day and want a quick way to start the same test.
    • You can press clone and then make some adjustments to the size of the test.
    • https://www.redline13.com/blog/pro-feature-replay-test/
  • Team Management
    • Team management allows the sharing of tests and test data between a group of users.
    • The Team screen will show teams you are on and you manage.
    • Team Manager can add/remove users from team.
    • When team member logs in they will have access to test results from all members of the team.
  • Server Management
    • This allows you to start up test servers prior to running a test and setup running servers to remain on after a test completes. This can significantly reduce the time to start up a test when you know you will be running several tests
    • You can spin up as many servers you want with the same controls you have for a test plan.
    • These instances become ready for your tests to use.
    • There is an optional setting for Minimum Shutdown Time, allowing you to keep the instances running for longer periods.
  • Collect Test Result Files
    • For JMeter, Gatling, and our php/nodejs tests we can collect all of the output files and make them available back in the test results.
    • JMeter we collect .jtl and .log file
    • Gatling we collect simulation.log and and log output
    • PHP/NodeJS we collect log output
    • Once a test is completed you have access to the raw files
    • Which can then be imported into your tool of choice
  • Percentile Results
    • Percentiles provide more granularity to the metric response.  Where average is the overall middle ground, percentiles can inform you by percentage how many of your tests responded back within time periods.
    • They can be enabled when starting a test.
    • The percentile information is displayed just before the graph data after the test completes.
  • API Access
    • Provides a POST API endpoint to script running tests.
    • Starting a test in this mode will display just like all other load tests.
    • These tests can be cloned or setup via Jenkins as well.
    • API Key is passed to the request for auth.
    • The API is documented here https://www.redline13.com/ApiDoc/LoadTest/Post
  • Configurable Disk Size
    • You can now control the size on disk for the agents for large tests.