CloudBurst Infrastructure

Cloud computing and Silk Performer CloudBurst extend the capabilities of traditional load testing. Silk Performer CloudBurst allows you to deploy agents in the cloud and let them load test all your applications, no matter if they are hosted on-premise or in the cloud. In addition, you can use a CloudBurst VPN to test your internal (non-Internet-facing) applications.

The diagrams below illustrate the basic concept behind CloudBurst. The first diagram shows how the cloud is used as a platform for Silk Performer agents that run tests against an Internet-facing application (the System Under Test).

The second diagram shows a hybrid scenario: Besides the agents that reside in the cloud, additional local agents, which reside in the local intranet, are used. This allows you to set up a number of agents that access your System Under Test from various locations. With the help of CloudBurst, you can define a broad range of regions, which provides you with comprehensive performance data.

Furthermore, such a combined setup provides you with the best possible test results: While cloud agents provide a realistic simulation of end-users through the Internet (and also help to detect performance issues), the local agents can be used for conventional performance testing and for identifying performance issues and bottlenecks.