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From: <ope...@li...> - 2005-05-12 22:23:18
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This is the fourth release of the stable 1.4 series of OpenSTA. This release has been a long time coming but it should be the start of a new active period in OpenSTAs upkeep and development. The release rights some inconvenient issues that arrived with use on WinXP, fixes some old bugs, and generally improves stability specifically in the area of recording. It is recommended that all users upgrade to this release. For further information and installable downloads please visit: http://opensta.org/ * This release was made possible by: etest associates - Antony Marcano Kereval - Thierry Boullet Performax - Bernie Velivis tcNOW - Daniel Sutcliffe VoxSurf - Marco Santulli ZebSys Limited - Geoff Hall and a host of other helpers and beta testers - thanks to all * The binary release was built using: Microsoft VC++6.0sp6, PSDK July2000, HTMLHelp1.32, VSI1.1; STLport 4.0, omniORB 3.0.4, net-snmp 4.2.6, CodeMax 2.1.0.24, * bugs fixed: 414448 - Modeler HTML trees improved - see 760485 475128 - Recording POSTs with NULLs in body no longer crashes gateway 637865 - Generate better content when recording POSTs with binary data 695108 - Improvements to TestInit command line 703399 - Fix grid/table problem with highlighting first row elements 703813 - Fix various integer issues in properties dialogs of Test config 730308 - NT Performance counters now browsable on WinXP 746154 - Allow browsing of NT Performance Query instances with same name 760485 - Modeler HTML trees now contain elements for multi root tag HTML 783154 - SCL command line usage message updated 809482 - Modeler can now open browser to record more than once on WinXP 897856 - Deal with case where IE URL encodes the SSL recording trick { 897876 - Fix Test menu problem with Test configuration tab 956260 - Modeler HTML trees now show data for partial failed parsing 1049672 - Make sure generated SCL doesn't have strings or lines too long 1084107 - Make Total Active Users use the Monitoring interval settings 1084184 - Don't clip % Performance Collector query returns to 100% * ignore ThreadPoolSALib LNK4089:MSVCP60.dll warning from Feb2003 PSDK * help updates - including an almost totally rewritten SCL Reference Enjoy, /dan -- Daniel Sutcliffe <DanSut@OpenSTA.org> OpenSTA part-time caretaker - http://OpenSTA.org/ |
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From: <ope...@li...> - 2003-12-31 14:52:59
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The OpenSTA Home page has recieved a new look (and home) please drop by and check it out: http://opensta.org/ Happy New Year and Seasons greetings to all our users, /dan -- Daniel Sutcliffe <DanSut@OpenSTA.org> OpenSTA part-time Caretaker Visit the OpenSTA Community Site - http://portal.opensta.org/ |
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From: <ope...@li...> - 2003-07-18 10:46:01
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Hello to all OpenSTA users, We want to know where you are based this is essential to the future development of OpenSTA and its documentation Vendors of OpenSTA services will also find this information useful to ensure that these services are available in your country. So, visit http://portal.opensta.org <http://portal.opensta.org/> and let us know where you are (see right hand column). You will need to be registered to vote on all Polls. Get your free account here: http://portal.opensta.org/user.php Regards, Antony Marcano www.etest-associates.com <http://www.etest-associates.com/> ________________________________________________________ You spend money on us, so that we can spend money on OpenSTA. Give your support to OpenSTA by investing in etest associates' OpenSTA services. OpenSTA Support email: Op...@et... tel: +44 (0) 20 7203 8394 fax: +44 (0) 20 7203 8417 opensta.etest-associates.com <http://opensta.etest-associates.com/> ________________________________________________________ The contents of this message are intended for the addressees only and should not be forwarded, copied or distributed in any medium without the permission of the author. Any statements made in this message are solely the views of the originator and do not necessarily represent the views of etest associates (UK) limited. etest associates (UK) limited does not accept legal responsibility for any statements or commitments made in this message. |
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From: <ope...@li...> - 2003-07-16 22:52:36
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Dear All, Please cast your votes on the latest Poll, posted by Ranjit: If you as new OpenSTA user need help, what is the most likely area that you need help? I will be posting a new one this week and will soon be incorporating the Polls that you voted for! Regards, Antony Marcano P.S. if you were wondering why I was so quiet lately was preparing for the presentation to the BCS then went on Holiday I will be back in full-effect on the portal from next week!! The contents of this message are intended for the addressees only and should not be forwarded, copied or distributed in any medium without the permission of the author. Any statements made in this message are solely the views of the originator and do not necessarily represent the views of etest associates (UK) limited. etest associates (UK) limited does not accept legal responsibility for any statements or commitments made in this message. |
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From: <ope...@li...> - 2003-06-26 16:46:16
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Dear All, As promised, I am letting you all know that in 24 hours, the OpenSTA Users Poll will close A slightly disappointing turnout but perhaps you dont visit the Portal that often Well, these Polls put you in control of OpenSTAs future, so perhaps now is a good time to start visiting a little more. See the announcement for more information: http://portal.opensta.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid= 28&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 <http://portal.opensta.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid =28&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0> You can vote from the Portal Homepage ( http://portal.opensta.org/), or place your vote here: http://portal.opensta.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=NS-Polls&file=index&po llID=2 <http://portal.opensta.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=NS-Polls&file=index&p ollID=2> You need to login as a registered user to vote. All the best, Antony Marcano The contents of this message are intended for the addressees only and should not be forwarded, copied or distributed in any medium without the permission of the author. Any statements made in this message are solely the views of the originator and do not necessarily represent the views of etest associates (UK) limited. etest associates (UK) limited does not accept legal responsibility for any statements or commitments made in this message. |
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From: <ope...@li...> - 2003-05-02 02:43:40
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I am pleased to announce the third bugfix release of the OpenSTA 1.4 series. This release contains some small bug fixes but mostly it is to make available big changes to the build system and source organization. Because of this, the recommendation is only to upgrade only if you feel like taking a small risk :-) The Microsoft Windows installable (MSI) and the source package are being made available from the OpenSTA SourceForge file area: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10857 The changes in this release (from 1.4.1) are: * bugs fixed: 225790 - "Export to Excel" gets header text for data columns 728102 - URL in HTTP stats exported to csv no longer truncated 728358 - Icon transparency issues in Modeler fixed 699730,699741 - OpenSTA dataname verification in GUIs * include this file and the BUGS file in the MSI installation * minor help updates * make sure most of the installed binaries have correct version resources and improve code structure to make it easier to update product versions * many and varied improvements to the build * system, including completely clean build (no warnings) and ability to build under latest Microsoft Platform SDK (although not yet recommended) Any problems with the product toolset should, as usual, be reported at: http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=10857 Thank you, /dan -- Daniel Sutcliffe <DanSut@OpenSTA.org> OpenSTA part-time Caretaker Visit the OpenSTA Community Site - http://portal.opensta.org/ |
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From: <ope...@li...> - 2002-07-25 09:31:25
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We are pleased to announce the second release of the OpenSTA 1.4 series. It contains bugfixes and users are encouraged to upgrade from all previous versions This release is available both as a Microsoft Windows Installable from : <http://sourceforge.net/projects/opensta/> <http://opensta.org/download.html> and as a full source package from: <http://sourceforge.net/projects/opensta/> <http://opensta.sourceforge.net/download.html> The changes in this release (from 1.4.0) includes * bugs fixed : 564444 : Monitoring : HTTPS failed requests 565714 : Monitoring : Wrong HTTP4XX/s value 570408 : Remote capture fails 570408 : Stop task group on duration 576815 : Variable not empty if LOAD RESPONSE fails 585782 : SSL reconnect 585864 : User hanging if timeout in HTTPS 585873 : ON ERROR statement: does not work on timeout errors * the Modeller URL details feature (yellow arrow) works even if the URL has been modelled (contains SCL variables) * Minor modifications in the modeller editor * new option "linger" in the [SOCKET] part of the OpenSTA\Engines\TestExecuter_web.ini file : linger=<linger time> If 0, it avoids to have lots of sockets on the injector machine with a TIME_WAIT status. * if an error occurs in the TestExecuter, in addition to the error number; it reports the error message * if a testExecuter crashes or is killed manually, the Task Group status "Failed" is displayed in Commander. The daemon and testManager structures are reinitialized. The test can continue or can be stopped properly. Any problems with the product toolset should, as usual, be reported at : <http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=10857> Thank you, Olivier Cante, Quotium Technologies SA |
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From: <ope...@li...> - 2002-06-03 08:22:01
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We are pleased to announce the initial release of the OpenSTA 1.4 series. This release signifies the finalization of the 1.3 development series. The 1.4 series will only get bug fix releases, as required. In time, a new 1.5 series will be created to contain further development. This release is available both as a Microsoft Windows Installable from : <http://opensta.org/download.html> and as a full source package form: <http://opensta.sourceforge.net/download.html> The changes in this release (from 1.3.3) includes : * Optimization of tof and scl files to improve HTTP replay. * socket timeout managed by HTTP replay engine. * temporary files in Engines/temp and Server/logs directories. * Commander - Ability to add a description for scripts and task groups. - Replace Task group Trace Level (No/low/High) by Number of Virtual users for timer results and number of virtual users for HTTP results. - Ability to duplicate a test. - new counters in Monitoring/Summary and Test Summary Snapshots results. * Modeler - new gateway option . comments for cookies, . page timers. - Start/Stop timers during capture. - Ability to address HTML/XML elements in any HTML/XML document (Tools/Navigate To... menu). * SCL - Load timer into timer, - RETURNING STATUS option on CONNECT and LOAD RESPONSE statements, - RETURNING BODYSIZE on GET/POST statements, - WITH RETRY option on GET/POST/HEAD/CONNECT statements, - ON ERROR managed by GET/POST/HEAD/CONNECT/LOAD RESPONSE statements, - new string functions : . ~length, . ~ltrim, . ~rtrim, . ~rightstr, . ~leftstr. * NTPerf - bugs fixed (did not work properly on non-english systems), - improve NTPerf monitoring engine (one single thread for all counters). Any problems with the product toolset should, as usual, be reported at : <http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=10857> Thank you, Olivier Cante, Quotium Technologies SA |
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From: <ope...@li...> - 2001-10-30 13:21:06
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We are pleased to announce the second update release of the developer (unstable) 1.3 series of OpenSTA. This release contains many more changes and updates from the 1.2 series. It is available both as a Microsoft Windows Installable from: http://opensta.org/download.html and as a full source package from: http://opensta.sourceforge.net/download.html The changes in this release include: * Single stepping on remote test executors is now functional. * Global variables are now functional for Web based executors. * The following bugs from the SF database have been fixed in the 1.3.2 release: 474497 473639 Any problems with the product toolset should, as usual, be reported at: http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=10857 Thank you, /dan -- Daniel Sutcliffe, OpenSTA Project Leader <DanSut@OpenSTA.org> --=-*-=-- http://opensta.org/ --=-*-=-- "Ambivalent? Well, yes and no." Opinions expressed in this mail are *all* mine, they do not reflect the opinions of my ... unemployment officer ? |
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From: <ope...@li...> - 2001-10-20 01:08:45
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We are pleased to announce the first update release of the developer (unstable) 1.3 series of OpenSTA. This release contains many more changes and updates from the 1.2 series. It is available both as a Microsoft Windows Installable from: http://opensta.org/download.html and as a full source package from: http://opensta.sourceforge.net/download.html The changes in this release include: * A Web Relay Daemon has been added to enable the OpenSTA Architecture to work over the Web. See the HTTP/S Load User's Guide (accessible from Commander's Help menu) under "The OpenSTA Architecture>The Web Relay Daemon" for more information. * The Script Modeler has been modified to provide support for XML documents. The HTML, Structure and HTML Tree tabs are replaced by XML and XML Tree tabs for such documents. These allow fields within XML documents to be addressed in a similar way to fields within an HTML document. * The Architecture Manager has been extended to display data about all the hosts configured to a specific Name Server. It also allows the Name Server on any configured host to be stopped and started from a context-menu, obtained by right-clicking a Host name in the Architecture Manager Host Tree display. * A number of bugs have been fixed in the new facilities to Single-Step HTTP Task Groups. * The following bugs from the SF database have been fixed in the 1.3.1 release: 225791 231727 413939 420402 467856 467866 467868 467869 Any problems with the product toolset should, as usual, be reported at: http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=10857 Thank you, /dan -- Daniel Sutcliffe, OpenSTA Project Leader <DanSut@OpenSTA.org> --=-*-=-- http://opensta.org/ --=-*-=-- "Ambivalent? Well, yes and no." Opinions expressed in this mail are *all* mine, they do not reflect the opinions of my employer. |
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From: <ope...@li...> - 2001-10-01 11:54:33
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We are pleased to announce the initial release of the developer (unstable) 1.3 series of OpenSTA. This release contains many major changes and updates from the 1.2 series. It is available both as a Microsoft Windows Installable from: http://opensta.org/download.html and as a full source package form: http://opensta.sourceforge.net/download.html The changes in this release include: * Single-Stepping of HTTP Task Groups. Select by right-clicking on a Task Group row in Commander's Configuration tab and selecting "Single Step Task Group". See the HTTPS Load User's Guide (accessible from Commander's Help menu) under "Single Stepping" for more information. * Changes to the Summary display on Commander's Monitoring tab: - Added a large number of new fields. - Split into a Test Summary and a Task Group Summary display. - Add/remove fields from the display by right-clicking within the data display area of a table. * A new "Architecture Manager" option has been added to the Tools menu within Commander. This displays a dialog listing all the OpenSTA hosts currently registered with the local OpenSTA naming service. This dialog will be extended to display information about, and provide some control over, all registered OpenSTA hosts. * Support for Basic, NTLM and - for Windows 2000 clients only - Negotiate client authentication over HTTP. * The following bugs from the SF database have been fixed in the 1.3.0 release: 231375 420873 426109 437238 437922 437938 439046 439144 442117 460633 Any problems with the product toolset should, as usual, be reported at: http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=10857 Thank you, /dan -- Daniel Sutcliffe, OpenSTA Project Leader <DanSut@OpenSTA.org> --=-*-=-- http://opensta.org/ --=-*-=-- "Ambivalent? Well, yes and no." Opinions expressed in this mail are *all* mine, they do not reflect the opinions of my employer. |
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From: <ope...@li...> - 2001-09-22 00:14:00
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We are pleased to announce the second bugfix release of the OpenSTA 1.2 series. This release contains fixes for bugs reported to the SourceForge bug database and enhancements in the area of HTTP authentication functionality. This release is available both as a Microsoft Windows Installable from: http://opensta.org/download.html and as a full source package from: http://opensta.sourceforge.net/download.html The changes in this release (from 1.2.1) are: * Support for Basic, NTLM and - for Windows 2000 clients only - Negotiate client authentication over HTTP. * The following bugs from the SF database have been fixed in this release: 420873 439144 460633 Any problems with the product toolset should, as usual, be reported at: http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=10857 Thank you, /dan -- Daniel Sutcliffe, OpenSTA Project Leader <DanSut@OpenSTA.org> --=-*-=-- http://opensta.org/ --=-*-=-- "Ambivalent? Well, yes and no." Opinions expressed in this mail are *all* mine, they do not reflect the opinions of my employer. |
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From: <ope...@li...> - 2001-07-23 02:58:51
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We are pleased to announce the first bugfix release of the OpenSTA 1.2 series. This release contains only fixes for bugs reported to the SourceForge bug database. This release is available both as a Microsoft Windows Installable from: http://opensta.org/download.html and as a full source package form: http://opensta.sourceforge.net/download.html The changes in this release (from 1.2.0) are: * The following bugs from the SF database have been fixed in the 1.2.1 release: 231375 426109 437238 437922 437938 439046 442117 Any problems with the product toolset should, as usual, be reported at: http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=10857 Thank you, /dan -- Daniel Sutcliffe, OpenSTA Project Leader <DanSut@OpenSTA.org> --=-*-=-- http://opensta.org/ --=-*-=-- "Ambivalent? Well, yes and no." Opinions expressed in this mail are *all* mine, they do not reflect the opinions of my employer. |
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From: <ope...@li...> - 2001-07-02 12:00:12
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We are pleased to announce the initial release of the OpenSTA 1.2 series. This release signifies the finalization of the 1.1 development series and the end of another development cycle. The 1.2 series will only get bug fix releases, as required, In time, a new 1.3 series will be created to contain further development. This release is available both as a Microsoft Windows Installable from: http://opensta.org/download.html and as a full source package form: http://opensta.sourceforge.net/download.html The changes in this release (from 1.0.2) include: * Scheduling and Delays for task groups * Stop and start for individual task groups * Ability to specify time period for which a task or task groups runs * Ability to add a new task to a currently active test * Ability to have tests which only include data collection * Single replay executable for running multiple task groups * Architecture changes to simplify Test management. * Architecture changes for improved data communications * Configuration tab now provides dynamic task group status information * Additional properties for controlling ramping up of virtual users * SCL source line now used within the Audit log * Now uses a tree view for selecting monitoring windows * Added Virtual User graph to monitoring. * Revised taskgroup column layout * Addition of variable time period for task monitoring * File locking for currently loaded files * The following bugs from the SF database have been fixed in the 1.2.0 release: 224519 224989 225458 225795 232530 232545 233421 406706 408499 408790 409673 409974 410147 410760 413344 413346 413347 413680 413940 414839 415507 415864 416967 416969 416972 419283 420577 420874 421045 422625 428819 431174 431465 433135 434382 Any problems with the product toolset should, as usual, be reported at: http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=10857 Thank you, /dan -- Daniel Sutcliffe, OpenSTA Project Leader <DanSut@OpenSTA.org> --=-*-=-- http://opensta.org/ --=-*-=-- "Ambivalent? Well, yes and no." Opinions expressed in this mail are *all* mine, they do not reflect the opinions of my employer. |
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From: <ope...@li...> - 2001-06-22 10:56:01
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Hi again, I wrote: > We are pleased to announce the third release of the developer > (unstable) 1.1 series of OpenSTA. Which is correct, however the subject line is wrong :-( This is, of course, release 1.1.3 [thanks zdnek] I must also report that the initial MSI uploaded to opensta.org was also a pre-release test, not the intitial version :-( The archive file now uploaded and called ostaw32-x86-1103.msi is the correct one. MSI's of this name dated the 21 June should be discarded and the real latest version downloaded, sorry. Please visit: http://opensta.org/download.html again if you have already downloaded the installable. The OpenSTA team have obviously been working too hard (or drinking too much :-) and wish to apologize for any inconvenience this mix-up has caused. Cheers /dan > This release continues work on the large architectural changes > introduced in version 1.1.0. > > This release is available both as a Microsoft Windows > Installable from: > http://opensta.org/download.html > and as a full source package form: > http://opensta.sourceforge.net/download.html > > The changes in this release include: > * Revised taskgroup column layout > * Addition of variable time period for task monitoring > * Command line interface re-implemented > * File locking for currently loaded files > * Improved monitoring summary (due for further change) > * Bug fixes and stability work > > Any problems with the product toolset should, as usual, be > reported at: > http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=10857 -- Daniel Sutcliffe, OpenSTA Project Leader <DanSut@OpenSTA.org> --=-*-=-- http://opensta.org/ --=-*-=-- "Ambivalent? Well, yes and no." Opinions expressed in this mail are *all* mine, they do not reflect the opinions of my employer. |
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From: <ope...@li...> - 2001-06-22 01:50:29
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We are pleased to announce the third release of the developer (unstable) 1.1 series of OpenSTA. This release continues work on the large architectural changes introduced in version 1.1.0. This release is available both as a Microsoft Windows Installable from: http://opensta.org/download.html and as a full source package form: http://opensta.sourceforge.net/download.html The changes in this release include: * Revised taskgroup column layout * Addition of variable time period for task monitoring * Command line interface re-implemented * File locking for currently loaded files * Improved monitoring summary (due for further change) * Bug fixes and stability work Any problems with the product toolset should, as usual, be reported at: http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=10857 Thank you, /dan -- Daniel Sutcliffe, OpenSTA Project Leader <DanSut@OpenSTA.org> --=-*-=-- http://opensta.org/ --=-*-=-- "Ambivalent? Well, yes and no." Opinions expressed in this mail are *all* mine, they do not reflect the opinions of my employer. |
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From: <ope...@li...> - 2001-06-10 22:38:32
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We are pleased to announce the second release of the developer (unstable) 1.1 series of OpenSTA. This release continues work on the large architectural changes introduced in version 1.1.0. The release is labled version 1.1.2, version 1.1.1 was never published. If you are upgrading from any previous version of OpenSTA to version 1.1.2 you will need to ensure that each of your defined profiles (now called collectors) have been opened in the GUI before they are used in a test. There should be no need to edit each configuration, simply viewing them should update them to the upgraded specification. This release is available both as a Microsoft Windows Installable from: http://opensta.org/download.html and as a full source package form: http://opensta.sourceforge.net/download.html The changes in this release include: * Scheduling and Delays for task groups * Stop and start for individual task groups * Ability to specify time period for which a task or task groups runs * Ability to add a new task to a currently active test * Ability to have tests which only include data collection * Single replay executable for running multiple task groups * Architecture changes to simplify Test management. * Architecture changes for improved data communications * Configuration tab now provides dynamic task group status information * Additional properties for controlling ramping up of virtual users * SCL source line now used within the Audit log * Now uses a tree view for selecting monitoring windows * Added Virtual User graph to monitoring. Any problems with the product toolset should, as usual, be reported at: http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=10857 Thank you, /dan -- Daniel Sutcliffe, OpenSTA Project Leader <DanSut@OpenSTA.org> --=-*-=-- http://opensta.org/ --=-*-=-- "Ambivalent? Well, yes and no." Opinions expressed in this mail are *all* mine, they do not reflect the opinions of my employer. |
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From: <ope...@li...> - 2001-06-02 09:54:19
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Daniel Sutcliffe wrote: > There are still some known issues in running OpenSTA on > an SMP machine. These have been tracked down to threading > problems in Microsofts libraries. In order to avoid these > issue we have been experimenting building against > alternative libraries. In order to test these trials a > seperate installable of this release is again being made > available for test purposes and those having problems on > SMP machines. This can be found at: > http://opensta.org/binaries/tests/ostaw32-x86-1001-smp.msi > If you use this experimental installation please report > your results to the OpenSTA users mailing list. Hmm, teach me to cut and paste from old announcements. The above URL should, of course, be: http://opensta.org/binaries/tests/ostaw32-x86-1002-smp.msi Sorry, /dan -- Daniel Sutcliffe, OpenSTA Project Leader <DanSut@OpenSTA.org> --=-*-=-- http://opensta.org/ --=-*-=-- "Ambivalent? Well, yes and no." Opinions expressed in this mail are *all* mine, they do not reflect the opinions of my employer. |
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From: <ope...@li...> - 2001-06-01 21:55:10
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We are pleased to announce the 2nd update release of OpenSTA version 1.0. This bug fix release is available both as a Microsoft Windows Installable from: http://opensta.org/download.html and as a full source package form: http://opensta.sourceforge.net/download.html The changes in this release include: * Updated SCL Reference Guide including extra hyperlinks, formatting changes and minor corrections/additions. * Stop and kill included for tests. * Bitwise operators included in SCL language. * SCL modulo operator symbol changed from "|" to "%" (to accommodate the inclusion of bitwise operators). * Script Modeler now includes: - Manual URL canonicalisation - Suffixes available in variable definition - URL summary export * The following bugs from the SF database have been fixed in the 1.0.2 release: 224029 224520 228226 233505 410169 410411 410564 413343 419283 421045 Thanks again go to Charlie Hewett for contributing the code for the bitwise operators. There are still some known issues in running OpenSTA on an SMP machine. These have been tracked down to threading problems in Microsofts libraries. In order to avoid these issue we have been experimenting building against alternative libraries. In order to test these trials a seperate installable of this release is again being made available for test purposes and those having problems on SMP machines. This can be found at: http://opensta.org/binaries/tests/ostaw32-x86-1001-smp.msi If you use this experimental installation please report your results to the OpenSTA users mailing list. Any problems with the product toolset should, as usual, be reported at: http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=10857 Thank you, /dan -- Daniel Sutcliffe, OpenSTA Project Leader <DanSut@OpenSTA.org> --=-*-=-- http://opensta.org/ --=-*-=-- "Ambivalent? Well, yes and no." Opinions expressed in this mail are *all* mine, they do not reflect the opinions of my employer. |
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From: <ope...@li...> - 2001-04-27 00:06:08
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We are pleased to announce the initial release of the developer (unstable) 1.1 series of OpenSTA. This release contains many major changes and updates from the 1.0 series. The main focus of this series will be to fix some issues on SMP platforms and rejig the architecture slightly with an eye to future flexibility and stability. It is available both as a Microsoft Windows Installable from: http://opensta.org/download.html and as a full source package form: http://opensta.sourceforge.net/download.html The changes in this release include: * Now uses a tree view for selecting results * Multiple windows available in monitoring tab * Property sheet replaces configuration tab dialog entry * Stop and kill included for tests (stop to be improved for 1.2) * Bitwise operators included in SCL language [thanks go to Charlie Hewett for submitting these] * Export facilties for Test Summary information * Script Modeler now includes: - Manual URL canonicalisation - Suffixes available in variable definition - Comments can be added during capture without increasing wait time URL summary export * The following bugs from the SF database have been fixed in the 1.1.0 release: 224029 224520 228226 232675 233505 410022 410169 410411 410545 410564 411626 413343 413345 413349 413405 414839 These bugs will not be marked as closed until they are fixed in a stable OpenSTA series, for the majority of these bugs that will be the OpenSTA 1.2 series. Any problems with the product toolset should, as usual, be reported at: http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=10857 Thank you, /dan -- Daniel Sutcliffe, OpenSTA Project Leader <DanSut@OpenSTA.org> --=-*-=-- http://opensta.org/ --=-*-=-- "Ambivalent? Well, yes and no." Opinions expressed in this mail are *all* mine, they do not reflect the opinions of my employer. |
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From: <ope...@li...> - 2001-03-18 20:51:53
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Daniel Sutcliffe wrote: We are pleased to announce the 1st update release of OpenSTA version 1.0. This release contains many bug fixes and improvements. It is available both as a Microsoft Windows Installable from: http://opensta.org/download.html and as the full source package from: http://opensta.sourceforge.net/download.html The fixes in this release include: * Improved Dialog entry for NT performance monitoring and SNMP data collection profiles. * Query descriptions for NT Performance monitor and SNMP queries with profiles are now checked for uniqueness. * Dialog to add extra SNMP categories. * Monitoring now include script iteration number. * Units added to graph axis labels. * Ability to filter on timers in timer/eapsed time graph graph. * The user configurable logging level now affects timer values as well as HTTP stsatistics. * Default memory usage for Test Executors reduced. * Default .ini file for TestExecutor shipped in installation. * Change in file variable handling to match documentation. Improvements and tidy ups have also been made to the source archive and build mechanism, although these should not affect the functionality of the toolset. There are still some known issues in running OpenSTA on an SMP machine. These have been tracked down to threading problems in Microsofts libraries. In order to avoid these issue we have been experimenting building against altenative libraries. In order to test these trials a seperate installable of this release is being made available for test purposes and those having problems on SMP machines. This can be found at: http://opensta.org/binaries/tests/ostaw32-x86-1001-smp.msi If you use this experimental installation please report your results to the OpenSTA users mailing list. Any problems with the product toolset should, as usual, be reported at: http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=10857 Thank you, /dan -- Daniel Sutcliffe, OpenSTA Project Leader <DanSut@OpenSTA.org> --=-*-=-- http://opensta.org/ --=-*-=-- "Ambivalent? Well, yes and no." Opinions expressed in this mail are *all* mine, they do not reflect the opinions of my employer. |
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From: <ope...@li...> - 2001-03-01 20:17:12
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CYRANO announces OpenSTA(tm) 1.0 General Availability=20 as well as the availability of associated service offerings. Training classes, Consulting, Support Agreements,=20 CD and Documentation Set are now available for purchase. 1 March 2001 =96 Boston, MA =96 CYRANO today announced the=20 general availability of OpenSTA 1.0 the first free and=20 Open Source distributed testing environment that enables=20 you to perform realistic e-business applications heavy=20 load or stress tests with performance measurement. CYRANO=20 also announced the details of the type of professional=20 services and purchase prices that they are now offering. =20 CYRANO has specifically designed the services for supporting=20 OpenSTA for any user - from the single user to the Fortune=20 1000 company. This is a direct result of feedback from the=20 over 3000 users of OpenSTA accrued since September 17th 2000=20 when OpenSTA 0.9.0 was originally released. "The infrastructure that we have built up in the last 6 months=20 has been specifically customer-driven", said Noelle Beaudin,=20 Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Development. "This=20 is not customers in the traditional sense. These are business=20 leaders that see the value in paying directly for services=20 instead of licenses. CIOs have realized the return on investment=20 with implementing an open and quickly evolving solution for their=20 IT staff, while highly technical users of OpenSTA have provided=20 valuable feedback on the ease of use of OpenSTA and how best=20 Support can be offered. All of our service offerings have been=20 designed directly from this customer feedback and this is something=20 that CYRANO will continue to do." CYRANO Services for OpenSTA, pricing and where to purchase As of March 1 2001, the following services will be offered=20 through CYRANO: Support Agreements --------------------- Support agreements are offered so that users of OpenSTA are=20 guaranteed resolution of bugs that they report, and can be=20 provided with immediate access to a Help Desk. Special=20 distribution version will be available for customers of=20 Support Agreements. Corporate Support Agreement =96 RRP US$30,000 - Yearly renewable contract - Special distributions and fixes=20 - Unlimited amount of users that can contact the Support Dept.=20 - Coverage and reporting during extended Support hours Incident-based Support Agreement =96 RRP US$2,500 - Up to ten incidents - A single contact person can be assigned to contact the Support Dept. - Coverage and reporting is limited to standard business hours (9-5). CYRANO anticipates that in the future, this agreement will be offered=20 for on-line sign up at http://opensta.com/. Training: Performance Testing Web Sites using OpenSTA ----------------------------------------------------- This training course has been specifically designed to aid users=20 in understanding how to test web applications and how best to utilize=20 OpenSTA in their specific testing scenarios. Details of the course=20 outline can be found at http://opensta.com/. - $1500 for the two day Course. The 3 Day (Advanced Course) is $2000.=20 - Ten students maximum. - Course can be given on-site. If so, expenses for the Trainer=20 must be paid, a suitable location must be utilized. Web Performance Testing Consulting: RRP US$2200/per day ----------------------------------------------------- For over 15 years CYRANO has been in the Performance Testing industry. =20 CYRANO has built an entire methodology around Web Performance Testing. =20 This benefits all organizations, even if they do not choose to use the=20 OpenSTA product. CYRANO Consultancy takes the mystery out of application performance=20 measurement, analysis and implementation. These advanced professional=20 service offerings build on CYRANO's longstanding experience in the=20 application testing marketplace to help customers determine the right=20 way to test for their organizations and establish long-term strategies=20 for ongoing reliability of business critical applications. So that Project managers, IT managers and their staff can build testing=20 implementation processes that are mapped to business objectives, gain=20 understanding of tools that aid them in the recreation, measurement and=20 analysis of application performance issues, so that system changes and=20 system deployment can meet established timelines. OpenSTA 1.0 Documentation set and CD (Boxed set): RRP US$250 ----------------------------------------------------------- The OpenSTA 1.0 Boxed set includes: - CD of OpenSTA 1.0 - HTTP Load User Guide - SCL Reference Guide - SCL Reference Card - Information on obtaining 30-day email only installation support. To order the boxed set, go to http://opensta.com/box/. You can=20 order it on-line and it will be shipped to your door. Feature enhancements: Billed according to Developer Time -------------------------------------------------------- If a customer of OpenSTA requests a specific feature enhancement to=20 OpenSTA, a CYRANO Developer can produce a contract based on the=20 amount of time to produce this feature enhancement. The enhancement=20 may then be rolled out to the customer, and Development owns the right=20 to put this enhancement into OpenSTA or not. =20 Future Offerings around OpenSTA ------------------------------- "CYRANO wants to be able to achieve something that has never been=20 done before in the web-application testing and analysis marketplace."=20 Said Noelle Beaudin, Vice President of Marketing and Corporate=20 Development. "We want to be in the position to provide an entire=20 long-term strategy for all business users. This means providing a=20 specific solution for everyone that is involved in a web-application,=20 not just the performance testing and monitoring aspects." "As part of the future OpenSTA strategy, business users will be=20 able to plug-in new commercial components that build onto the=20 existing core architecture and central repository so that as=20 their web application environment grows, so too can their single=20 solution for testing, monitoring, and analysis. This theory allows=20 business users to use OpenSTA for both Development and Quality=20 Assurance, through to Production, and on to Management making it=20 the only tool designed to uniquely fit the needs of Test Engineers,=20 DBAs, WebMasters and CIOs." "We are already near to history in the making." Said Robert Ernens,=20 Chairman and CEO of CYRANO. "In the next several weeks we will be=20 releasing the details of what is to come. For me personally, this=20 is the beginning of a new era in CYRANO. And one that will be as=20 exciting as the last 5 months." Contact -------- Noelle Beaudin + 1 800 714 4900 + 1 978 462 4755 mailto:no...@cy... |
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From: <ope...@li...> - 2001-03-01 15:47:46
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We are very pleased to announce the initial release of the OpenSTA 1.0 stable series. This is version 1.0.0 This release signifies that no more major changes will be attempted to this code path and we are reasonably sure of it's stability. We encourage all users to upgrade to this release and report any bugs found. Bug fixes and some minor enhancements will appear as update releases in the coming weeks. Once we are sure we have fixed any initial problems in the OpenSTA 1.0 series, a 1.1 series code branch will be created to contain new developments, any major changes and enhancements. This 1.1 series will be a developer series and should be seen as unstable, the 1.0 series will continue to have bugs fixed in it, as they are found, to further increase its stability. This release is available both as a Microsoft Windows Installable from: http://opensta.org/download.html and as the full source package from: http://opensta.sourceforge.net/download.html Any problems with the product toolset should, as usual, be reported at: http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=10857 At the time of this release I would like to encourage all users to visit: http://opensta.com/ where it possible to find out about purchasing commercial services and products based around the OpenSTA 1.0 series. Doing this will help to fund OpenSTA's further development. Thank you, /dan -- Daniel Sutcliffe, OpenSTA Project Leader <DanSut@OpenSTA.org> --=-*-=-- http://opensta.org/ --=-*-=-- "Ambivalent? Well, yes and no." Opinions expressed in this mail are *all* mine, they do not reflect the opinions of my employer. |
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From: <ope...@li...> - 2001-02-16 02:35:55
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We are pleased to announce the 3rd beta release of OpenSTA version 1.0. This release contains many bug fixes and improvements over the previous Beta. It is available both as a Microsoft Windows Installable from: http://opensta.org/download.html and as the full source package from: http://opensta.sourceforge.net/download.html Any problems with the product toolset should, as usual, be reported at: http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=10857 There is also a new versions of the "Users Guide" relating to this release. This can be found at: http://opensta.org/docs/ Thank you, /dan -- Daniel Sutcliffe, OpenSTA Project Leader <DanSut@OpenSTA.org> --=-*-=-- http://opensta.org/ --=-*-=-- "Ambivalent? Well, yes and no." Opinions expressed in this mail are *all* mine, they do not reflect the opinions of my employer. |
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From: <ope...@li...> - 2001-02-13 03:39:46
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We are pleased to announce the 2nd beta release of OpenSTA version 1.0. This release contains many bug fixes and improvements over the previous Beta. It is available both as a Microsoft Windows Installable from: http://opensta.org/download.html and as the full source package from: http://opensta.sourceforge.net/download.html Any problems with the product toolset should, as usual, be reported at: http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=10857 There are also new versions of the "Getting Started Guide" and the "Users Guide" relating to this release. These can be found at: http://opensta.org/docs/ Thank you, /dan -- Daniel Sutcliffe, OpenSTA Project Leader <DanSut@OpenSTA.org> --=-*-=-- http://opensta.org/ --=-*-=-- "Ambivalent? Well, yes and no." Opinions expressed in this mail are *all* mine, they do not reflect the opinions of my employer. |
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