Load Testing From The Cloud
Raymond T. Vizzone, President and CTO
Recommended Test Labs, Inc.

Raymond Vizzone will present the following key concepts during his presentation:

• Introduction to Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Application of Open Source Load Testing Tools using EC2   Time and Cost Benefits of Load Testing from the Cloud
• Real-World Example Of Using EC2 For Load Testing

• An understanding of what Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is and its capabilities How to get started with Amazon EC2 and run virtual machine instances from a desktop PC How to install and run jmeter on an EC2 virtual machine
• Pitfalls and Issues to avoid

• Overview Of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
• System Requirements For Using EC2
• Monitoring And Controlling EC2 Virtual Machines
• Overview Of Jmeter As A Load Testing Tool
• Installing And Running A Load Test Using Jmeter And EC2 Virtual Machines
• Setting Up A GUI Interface On An EC2 Virtual Machine For Controlling Jmeter Load Tests
• Analysis Of Load Testing Results Using EC2
• What Does And Doesn't Work Using EC2 For Load Testing

Ray Vizzone founded Recommended Test Labs, Inc. in 1989 and has over 25 years experience testing products and web services for companies including Apple, Microsoft, Scholastic, Discovery, Pearson, NeXT, VMware. In recent years, Mr. Vizzone has lead a team of automation engineers that provide load testing to web site and services developers. Recently, this has included the migration of load testing from desktop load servers to Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).