mySAP Toolbag for Performance Tuning and Stress Testing

4.4. Tools and Approaches

With each level of stress testing described previously comes a specific set of tools and approaches. Level One tools range in variety the most, from simple utilities that test the throughput of hardware devices, like network cards and disk controllers, to fullfledged testing suites that help you characterize individual subsystems across the hardware and software technology stacks. Most typically, though, Level One tools tend to be hardware or software specific. That is, nearly every SAP technology partner maintains a set of hardwarespecific tools that assist in not only configuring a particular piece of gear but also measuring and testing performance.

On the other hand, Level Two testing is the simplest from a testtool ...