Generating production server load activity for a test server
First Claim
1. A method of replicating on a test server a production load of a production server, the method comprising:
- receiving from the production server a plurality of messages representing the production load on the production server, each message corresponding to a respective client request received from a respective client; and
responsive to receiving each message, in real time, determining whether the message satisfies certain criteria for ignoring the message and, if the message does not satisfy the certain criteria for ignoring the message, parsing data from the message and, from the parsed data, generating the replicated client request corresponding to the client request, wherein the replicated client request comprises state information representing a unique state formed between the production server and the respective client, and, in real time, communicating the replicated client request to a test server in order to replicate the production load on the test server.
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Abstract
A method of replicating on a test server a production load of a production server. The method can include creating the production load on the production server by processing client requests received from clients. The method further can include, while the client requests are processed, via a processor, in real time, replicating the production load to generate a replicated production load that represents the client requests and defines state information representing unique states formed between the production server and the respective clients. The method also can include, in real time, communicating the replicated production load in order to replicate the production load on the test server.
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1. A method of replicating on a test server a production load of a production server, the method comprising:
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receiving from the production server a plurality of messages representing the production load on the production server, each message corresponding to a respective client request received from a respective client; and responsive to receiving each message, in real time, determining whether the message satisfies certain criteria for ignoring the message and, if the message does not satisfy the certain criteria for ignoring the message, parsing data from the message and, from the parsed data, generating the replicated client request corresponding to the client request, wherein the replicated client request comprises state information representing a unique state formed between the production server and the respective client, and, in real time, communicating the replicated client request to a test server in order to replicate the production load on the test server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of replicating on a test server a production load of a production server, the method comprising:
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receiving from the production server a replicated production load corresponding to a production load on the production server created by processing client requests, wherein the replicated production load is generated in real time while the client requests are processed by the production server and defines state information representing unique states formed between the production server and the clients from which the client requests are received; responsive to receiving the replicated production load, in real time, via a processor, processing the replicated production load to generate a plurality of replicated client requests, wherein processing the replicated production load comprises filtering the replicated production load to prevent certain client requests from being replicated, wherein each of the replicated client requests replicates a respective client request received by the production server and at least a portion of the replicated client requests define the state information associated with the respective client from which the client request is received; and in real time, communicating the replicated client requests to the test server. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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