Citrix recently released Edgesight 3.5 pretty much un-noticed, so I thought I would bring it to your attention.
Citrix EdgeSight for Load Testing is an automated load and performance testing solution for Citrix Presentation Server environments. As of XenApp 5.0 Feature Pack 1, the Load Testing service is no longer a separate licensed product and is now a free component in XenApp.
Edgesight for Load Testing allows you to predict how systems will cope with high levels of user load. By simulating the actions of Citrix users – from 10s to 100s – and monitoring the responsiveness of the system under load, the service allows an administrator to determine how the current configuration will cope under demand.
Edgesight for Load Testing has a recording and scripting environment. Importantly, it uses the ICA channel itself to drive the session information; meaning that the farm servers don’t need configuration changes or additional software installed in order to run or record the tests.
With version 3.5 you now have the ability to record new metrics allowing increased reporting on the XenApp Server – but also if your XenApp Server is running on a XenServer, you can record metrics of the host server as well.
3.5 also gives intelligent load control, allowing you to roll up to a “maximum” or “break point” and then back off from that situation. This means that rather than run up to X Users, you can set break points at given server metrics – allowing you to determine if its the CPU/Disk/Memory that is the bottleneck rather than a straight user count.
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