Performance Engineering: Load Testing ArcGIS Enterprise
Performance Engineering: Load Testing ArcGIS Enterprise
What is Performance Engineering?
Performance Engineering is the practice of proactively testing, monitoring and analyzing an ArcGIS Enterprise deployment or application from the perspective of performance and/or scalability. It can also encompass both hardware (e.g. CPU and memory utilization) and software components (e.g. map service composition) of a Site. Performance Engineering efforts typically involve multiple tools to carry out the testing and monitoring functions.
Why is Performance and Scalability Important?
System performance and scalability are critical factors in the successful adoption, operation, and long-term use of an ArcGIS Enterprise deployment. They are often key determinants of end-user satisfaction. The Performance Engineering team in Professional Services provides resources in the form of Community Articles to help achieve those results through the implementation of modern performance and scalability testing and troubleshooting best practices using ArcGIS Enterprise.
What Tools are Recommended for Load Testing and Analysis?
There is a tremendous amount of high quality testing tools for troubleshooting, analyzing and monitoring the performance of web applications and map services. Unfortunately, it is impossible to cover all of them discussing how they can be used. Instead, Performance Engineering Articles will focus heavily on using Apache JMeter for our performance and load testing tutorials with ArcGIS Enterprise. For many of our Articles, we provide the Apache JMeter Test Plan that was built specifically for each walkthrough.
Performance Engineering Articles
Strategies, Integration & Configuration and Operational Support
- Recommended Strategies for Load Testing an ArcGIS Server Deployment (Beginner/Intermediate) -- General strategies for load testing an ArcGIS Server setup; not specific to any testing tool
- Testing Fundamentals, Meanings and How They Are Used (Beginner) -- Vocabulary definitions to common testing items and phrases
- ArcGIS Enterprise Analysis with System Log Parser's Optimized Analysis Type (Beginner) -- Improve your log parsing experience by taking advantage of Optimized Analysis Type in System Log Parser
- Automating System Log Parser from the Windows Command Line (Beginner/Intermediate) -- Several helpful tips and tricks for automating the parsing of ArcGIS Enterprise logs with command line version of System Log Parser
- ArcGIS Enterprise Analysis with System Log Parser's ServiceDetails Analysis Type (Beginner) -- Use the ServiceDetails Analysis Type in System Log Parser to summarize important information from your services
- Optimizing ArcSOC Availability and Utilization (Beginner/Intermediate) -- How to observe and match the Instance configuration of dedicated services to the incoming demand
- ArcGIS Server Performance Strategies (Beginner/Intermediate) -- Common performance challenges and strategies for overcoming them ( *** Added Oct 2023 ***)
Performance and Load Testing Walkthroughs
- Performance Testing with Apache JMeter (An Introduction) -- An introduction to performance with Apache JMeter; setup a very simple load test
- Creating a Load Test in Apache JMeter against the SampleWorldCites Map Service (Beginner/Intermediat... -- A detailed walkthrough for building a dynamic load test in Apache JMeter against a map service
- Running an Apache JMeter Load Test from Command-line mode (Beginner/Intermediate) -- Procedures and strategies for running an Apache JMeter load test from the command-line
- Using Apache JMeter to Load Test an ArcGIS Enterprise Authenticated Service (Intermediate/Advanced) -- A discussion on how authentication can be used an Apache JMeter test to apply load to a secured map service
- Using Public Domain Data to Benchmark an ArcGIS Enterprise Map Service (Intermediate) -- A discussion on running an export map test with public data to act as a benchmark of map service; benchmark results from an Esri lab environment included
- Using ArcGIS Pro to Generate Test Data for Use with Map Services (Beginner/Intermediate) -- A walkthrough on using the new Load Test Tools utility to generate test data that can be spatially customized
- Creating a Load Test in Apache JMeter Against a Hosted Feature Layer Service (Intermediate/Advanced) -- A walkthrough on using an update to the Load Test Tools utility to generate test data for a hosted feature layer service and how to utilize this programmatically with an Apache JMeter Test Plan
- Creating a Load Test in Apache JMeter Against a Network Analyst Route Service (Intermediate/Advanced... -- A walkthrough on using an update to the Load Test Tools utility to generate test data for a Network Analyst route service and how to utilize this programmatically with an Apache JMeter Test Plan
- Creating a Load Test in Apache JMeter Against a Cached Map Service (Advanced) -- A walkthrough on using the latest Load Test Tools utility to generate test data for a cached map service and how to utilize this programmatically with an Apache JMeter Test Plan
- Load Test an Asynchronous Geoprocessing Service Using Apache JMeter (Advanced) -- A walkthrough on how to load test an asynchronous geoprocessing service; includes an Apache JMeter Test Plan and link to a full featured GP model
- Capturing Hardware Utilization During an Apache JMeter Load Test (Intermediate) -- A discussion on several common scenarios on how to capture the hardware usage from machines in an ArcGIS Enterprise deployment
- Using a Branch Versioning Editing Load Test with Apache JMeter (Advanced) -- A discussion on strategies for using a load test to conduct branch versioning editing ( *** Added Dec 2023 ***)
Administration Automation
- ArcGIS Enterprise User Administration Automation with Apache JMeter (Intermediate) -- A walkthrough on how to use Apache JMeter to automate some common administrative user tasks in ArcGIS Enterprise; includes several Apache JMeter Test Plans
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