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Automated Volume Tests
- How will the system perform under stress?
- Are service levels achievable?
- Will service degrade gracefully as the workload increases?
- Or will some software or hardware component give up the ghost (break test)?
- Can the service be sustained hour after hour, day after
day (soak test)?
And if your requirements cannot be met what tuning can be applied? Is
additional hardware required? Can the architecture be re-configured to
give better performance and/or greater resilience?
Our testing technology can address all the components that together
deliver end user service: WAN/LAN, web/application servers, database
backend servers, and all software architectures.
We have been performing independent testing of the widest range of
technologies over the last 17 years. We offer a service. No product
licenses. No need to develop in house skills that will be used once and
then discarded, or lost to other organisations. We can offer a complete end to end service: test
planning, test environment creation, testing, performance analysis,
corrective processes, re-testing, inter-action with third party suppliers,
detailed reporting, skill transfer and debrief
OR
We can mix and match with your own resources.
SQL Tuning
Whichever Rdbms you may use badly performing SQL has the potential to
cripple service delivery.
In 85 percent of our trouble-shooting assignments, sub-optimal SQL is found to be the root cause of Performance Problems.
We offer SQL-related services including audits, correction and
education. Our iterative methodology for SQL tuning uses a top ten
approach. By this route you get fast returns for minimum cost.
Service Management
SLAs can be usefully implemented at different levels of formality and
for individual components or end to end. But an SLA that cannot be
consistently measured and acted upon has no value.
We can assist our clients from SLA definition through to
application specific response time monitoring.
Health Checks
Our experience of detailed laboratory testing and live operational monitoring
have equipped us well to address production issues; in particular those relating
to performance and service delivery.
We are so confident that with our tools and experience we can deliver
measurable benefit that we guarantee results.
We can offer flexibility but our typical four day (*) fixed price health
check frequently meets the need. The basic structure is:
- Day One: Familiarisation, top down analysis, monitor implementation
- Day Two/three: Iterative monitor, investigate, resolve
- Day Four: Report write up and onsite debrief to achieve maximum
skill transfer
* The elapsed time of the health check is likely to be several weeks.
This allows for monitoring over interesting periods like month-ends. The
days are virtual.
Specialist Developments
Whilst our size dictates that we cannot undertake substantial
developments from time to time our clients have had need for specialist
interfaces or processes that demand detailed technical understanding and
sophisticated algorithms.
Such developments often relate to: realtime sensitive processes, low level
technical architectures, and/or the interfacing of protocols and technologies.
Database Migration
Any volume test requires a realistic, full volume database that obeys the
rules of data distribution, integrity and domain validity.
A number of techniques may be employed: migration, expansion,
encryption and/or total build based on schema.
Over the years we have not only gained experience of all these approaches
but have developed a number of tools to help automate the process. Many of
these skills and tools have equally been applied to production database
migration most recently in relation to Oracle e-Business Suite.
Professional Audit
With our depth and breadth of experience, we are ideally placed to perform operational and development audits.
Our independence ensures an open and comprehensive approach.
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