When using
Silk Test Workbench in a distributed environment, which means that a central
Silk Test Workbench data base is accessed by the
Silk Test Workbench clients over a wide area network, you might face one or more of the following issues:
- High latency between the
Silk Test Workbench clients and the data base server.
- Increased network traffic because of many requests to the data base.
In such a distributed environment,
Micro Focus recommends applying the following best practice:
- Keep project sizes small, to prevent huge amounts of data being transferred between the
Silk Test Workbench clients and the data base server, for example when using the
Asset Browser.
- Avoid viewing test results remotely.
- Whenever possible, work offline and export projects from the central data base. For this,
Silk Test Workbench users would have to coordinate regarding which assets should be treated as read-only and what assets are updated by whom.
Additionally, any assets from the central data base would have to be imported to the remote clients.
- Use virtual machines and remote desktop connections to access the central data base.