Case Study
The French Social Security Administration Switches To Web Performance Load TesterTM From Open Source
The French Social Security Administration Switches To Web Performance Load TesterTM From Open Source
The French Social Security Administration Switches To Web Performance Load TesterTM From Open Source Customer Situation The Caisse Nationale d'Asurance Vieillesse (CNAV) is the French-equivalent of the Social Security Administration in the United States, responsible for managing millions of pensions. After becoming disillusioned with the length of time it took to do a performance test using the open source program OpenSTA, they evaluated the top seven commercial load testing solutions and chose Web Performance Load Tester because its "no scripting" approach cut their testing cycle to 1/4 to 1/5 of its previous time. CNAV uses their public website to enable both employers and citizens to file forms and manage their pensions, so the web servers receive a very high number of users, esp