The following sections describe the system requirements for installing and running
Silk Performer.
To run the
Silk Performer agent software, or both controller and agent software, and to use the full potential of
Silk Performer to run large-scale load tests, your system must meet the following minimum requirements:
Hardware Requirements
System Area
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Requirement
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Processor
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Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent CPU
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RAM
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4 GB
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Hard disk space
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2.5 GB for controller software installation
1 GB for agent-only installation
Depending on the size of your load tests, make sure you have enough space on your hard disk for result files.
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Network
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Network connectivity to the system under test and to all
Silk Performer agent computers.
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Operating System Requirements
- Both the
Silk Performer controller and the
Silk Performer agent
can be installed on
Microsoft Windows 8.1 or newer, or
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 or newer.
- Installing the network emulation driver is currently not supported for
Microsoft Windows 10 and
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 and 2019.
Software Requirements
To install and run
Silk Performer, your system requires a minimum set of software components.
The required components vary based on installation type. For example, to run
Silk Performer
Java Explorer, your system must be equipped with the appropriate Java Development Kit. Download components from the respective websites.
Working with
Silk Performer on a multi-user system
Silk Performer can be installed on a machine with terminal services enabled for multi-user access. In general, it is not recommended to
work in multiple sessions simultaneously. If you want to do so nevertheless, keep the following in mind:
- Recording: The
Silk Performer Recorder uses a system-wide hooking mechanism. If one user starts the Recorder, the traffic of all other users might be recorded
as well.
- Workbench: Multiple users can work on different projects simultaneously. Working on the same project is not recommended. The project
will be opened in read-only mode for the second and all further users.
- Executing tests: Multiple users can execute tests simultaneously from one machine. However, multiple simultaneously running tests will influence
each other as they share the same resources (CPU, memory, network bandwidth).
- Monitoring tests:
Performance Explorer does not differentiate between test metrics of multiple running tests. Therefore, real-time values of the wrong test might
be displayed.