A method and system using one or more load cells coordinates load testing
of one or more sites under test over a network such as the Internet in
accordance with one or more load test requests. In one embodiment, such
method and system facilitates an economic, efficient, and accurate
evaluation of the capacity of the SUTs to support concurrent users of the
SUTs. A load test request is received from a User and provides information
concerning a load test to be performed on a site under test (SUT). A load
test is generated, and the load test is allocated to one or more load
cells. The load cells perform the load test by sending load test data to
the SUT and receiving responses from the SUT. Portions of a load test may
be allocated to different load cells, which may be geographically remote
from the SUT and/or geographically diverse. Multiple concurrent pending
load tests may be processed for the same SUT. A load cell may concurrently
perform all or a portion of multiple different load tests for multiple
different SUT's simultaneously. A reporting function generates a report
based on the responses received from the SUT. The reporting function may
in addition or alternatively allow the User to view real-time results
during load test execution.
