LOAD TEST METHOD AND LOAD TEST APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A load test method for a computer having a plurality of various hardware resources and created by combining the various hardware resources, comprising:
- acquiring control information indicating the type of the hardware resources required for executing a predetermined load test program and quantitative conditions determined for each type of the hardware resources;
acquiring an assignment rule table specifying a set of rules for each of the various hardware resources to assign the hardware resources of the computer to the predetermined load test program;
selecting the rule for each of the hardware resources from the assignment rule table acquired in the acquiring the assignment rule table in such a manner that a load is imposed on a predetermined part of the computer;
developing the predetermined plurality of the load test programs by assigning the hardware resources of the computer to the predetermined load test programs based on the control information acquired in the acquiring control information and the rule for each of the various hardware resources selected in the selecting the rule selection; and
executing in parallel the plurality of the load test programs developed in the load test program development.
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Abstract
A load test method for a computer and apparatus are provided. The method includes acquiring control information indicating a type of a hardware resources required for executing a load test program and quantitative conditions determined for each type of the hardware resources, acquiring an assignment rule table specifying a set of rules for each of the various hardware resources to assign the hardware resources of the computer to a load test program, selecting a rule for each of the hardware resources from the acquired assignment rule table in such a manner that a load is imposed on a predetermined part of the computer, developing the load test programs by assigning the hardware resources of the computer to the load test programs based on the acquired control information and the selected rule for each of the various hardware resources, and executing in parallel the developed load test programs.
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13 Claims
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1. A load test method for a computer having a plurality of various hardware resources and created by combining the various hardware resources, comprising:
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acquiring control information indicating the type of the hardware resources required for executing a predetermined load test program and quantitative conditions determined for each type of the hardware resources; acquiring an assignment rule table specifying a set of rules for each of the various hardware resources to assign the hardware resources of the computer to the predetermined load test program; selecting the rule for each of the hardware resources from the assignment rule table acquired in the acquiring the assignment rule table in such a manner that a load is imposed on a predetermined part of the computer; developing the predetermined plurality of the load test programs by assigning the hardware resources of the computer to the predetermined load test programs based on the control information acquired in the acquiring control information and the rule for each of the various hardware resources selected in the selecting the rule selection; and executing in parallel the plurality of the load test programs developed in the load test program development. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A load test apparatus comprising an information processing system having a plurality of hardware resources, comprising:
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control information reading unit that reads control information indicating a type of the hardware resources required for executing a load test program, and quantitative conditions determined for each type of the hardware resources; assignment rule table reading unit that reads an assignment rule table indicating a set of rules defined for each of the hardware resources to assign the hardware resources of the information processing system to the load test program; rule selecting unit that selects a rule for each of the hardware resources from the assignment rule table read by the assignment rule table reading unit in such a manner as to impose a load on a predetermined part of the information processing system; load test program development unit that develop a plurality of load test programs by assigning the hardware resources to the predetermined load test program based on the control information read by the control information reading unit and the rule for each of the hardware resources selected by the rule selecting unit; and load test program execution unit that executes, in parallel, the load test programs developed by the load test program development unit. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A load test apparatus comprising an information processing system having a plurality of various hardware resources and created by combining the various hardware resources, comprising:
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control information reading means for reading, if a predetermined load test program is executed on the information processing system, control information indicating the type of the hardware resources required for executing the predetermined load test program and quantitative conditions determined for each type of the hardware resources; assignment rule table reading means for reading, if the predetermined load test program is executed on the information processing system, an assignment rule table indicating a set of rules defined for each of the various hardware resources to assign the hardware resources of the information processing system to the load test program; rule select means for selecting, if the predetermined load test program is executed on the information processing system, a rule for each of the various hardware resources from the assignment rule table read by the assignment rule table reading means in such a manner as to impose a load on a predetermined part of the information processing system; load test program development means for developing a plurality of the predetermined load test programs by assigning the hardware resources of the computer to the predetermined load test program based on the control information read by the control information reading means and the rule for each of the various hardware resources selected by the rule select means; and load test program group parallel execution means for executing in parallel the load test programs developed by the load test program development means.
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