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LoadRunner Best Practices (Free Guides)
Scott shares his LoadRunner Best Practices (Free Guides) from his website. These are for LoadRunner users to help them get started with load testing projects.
Episode 050: The Load Test Scenario Builder
Scott reviews the free Load Test Test Scenario Builder and how you can use it to set up realistic load testing. Download it here: https://bit.ly/scenariobuilder
Episode 049: Realistic Load Tests With RIP
Realistic Load Tests With RIP - Random Interval Pacing https://www.youtube.com/embed/TT4T-i0VuO8 Air Date: 06/16/2022 Support the SMC Journal. Buy Me A Coffee: https://bit.ly/smcjournalcoffee Show Notes: Learn what Random Interval Pacing is and how to use it to...
Episode 048: Load testing Kubernetes With Traffic Replay
Why traffic replay at scale is a great option for load testing Kubernetes deployed applications.
Episode 047: LoadRunner and Gremlin For Chaos Testing
David McLeish from Micro Focus shares information about the integration of LoadRunner with Gremlin to provide chaos and resiliency testing while under load.
Episode 046: Profiling Database Performance Under Load
This episode discusses the importance of profiling databases to solve performance bottlenecks, as well as the top features of DBMarlin which allows any relational database to be profiled under load.
Classic Episodes
5 Reasons Load Testing Doesn’t Work (My Free Advice)
Scott Moore takes a critical look at a persistent challenge in the IT world: why load testing often doesn’t work as intended.
Episode 050: The Load Test Scenario Builder
Scott reviews the free Load Test Test Scenario Builder and how you can use it to set up realistic load testing. Download it here: https://bit.ly/scenariobuilder
Episode 025: Load Testing Vendor Acquisitions 2020 – 2022 (part 1)
Scott Moore and guest Mark Tomlinson discuss major acquisitions of load testing products and what that means for the performance engineering community. Part 1 of 2.
SteadyBit and LoadRunner
Scott Moore interviews the CEO of SteadyBit about the LoadRunner integration that provides chaos and resilience testing features to load testing scenarios.
Episode 071: Network Performance Innovations
Peter West of West Networks talks about exciting advancements in network performance, including bonding cellular and Starlink connections to make massive internet pipes. He also talks about the upcoming West Networks Peplink Tech Summit 22.
Application Security Posture Management
What is Application Security Posture Management (ASPM)? A new category by Gartner that describes an approach to managing application security throughout the lifecycle. It helps organizations identify, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities, comply with regulations and reduce the risk of data breache
About SMC Journal
The SMC Journal is a podcast about all things related to Software and Systems Engineering, DevOps, Observability, Performance, Cloud Computing, Security, AI, and much more. The show covers news events, company profiles (mergers and acquisitions), corporate events, vendor software features and updates, and much more.
Content includes commentary and demonstrations by Scott Moore and his guests. Join him as he interviews industry experts, company representatives and hosts lively discussions with the performance community.











