System Requirements

LoadComplete supports both 32-bit and 64-bit editions (if any) of the following operating systems:

• Intel Core 2 Duo  2GHz or higher.

• Windows Server 2008 R2.

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 10.0 or later.

• Adobe Flash Player 8 or later for Windows Internet Explorer (required to view charts in test results).

• 4GB of RAM.

• 1GB of disk space for installation.

  Additional free disk space is required to run load tests, as LoadComplete creates temporary files to store data generated during the test run. The actual free space required increases with the test size. It is recommended to have at least 200 MB of free space on your system disk in order to run small tests, and about 2 GB of free space to run large tests.

• 1024 × 786 or higher display resolution.

• Mouse or other pointing device.

• Intel Core i7 with 4 or more cores.

• A 64-bit operating system like Windows 7 SP1 or later.

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 10.0 or later.

• Adobe Flash Player 8 or later for Windows Internet Explorer (required to view charts in test results).

• 16GB of RAM or more.

• A solid-state drive with 16GB of free disk space.

• 1280 × 1024 or higher display resolution.

• Mouse or other pointing device.

Installing LoadComplete

You must have administrator permissions on the computer where you are going to install LoadComplete or perform other installation-related tasks, such as repairing the LoadComplete installation or uninstalling LoadComplete. So, you must be logged on as an Administrator or be a member of the Administrators group on that computer.

In addition, if you are running the LoadComplete installation program from a network share, you must be logged on under a domain account that has read and execute permissions on that share.

Using LoadComplete

To use LoadComplete, administrator permissions are not required. However, on Windows 7 and later operating systems administrator permissions are required to perform specific tasks. For more information, see Using LoadComplete With Administrator Privileges.

To use data extracted from Excel files in your tests, you must have Microsoft Office 12.0 Access Database Engine OLE DB Provider installed on your computer. You can get this data provider as part of the following software:

• Microsoft Office Excel 2007–2013.

• Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 Redistributable. You can download it from the Microsoft web site:

  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13255

• 2007 Office System Driver: Data Connectivity Components. You can download them from the Microsoft web site:

  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=23734

In order to run load tests on Amazon cloud computers, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 or later must be installed on your computer.

For information on the requirements cloud computers must meet in order to be used as load stations, see About Load Testing on Cloud Computers.

Virtual machines like Microsoft Virtual PC or VMware Workstation are considerable consumers of system resources. Typically, applications run slower on them than on a desktop computer. The more virtual machines are running concurrently on a computer, the slower they will work. If you are going to use LoadComplete on a virtual machine, then the computer used for testing should have a configuration that allows the computer to reach highest performance possible (higher than what is specified in the Recommended System Requirements section above).

To monitor the performance of an Oracle database during load testing, Oracle Data Access Components (ODAC) for Oracle Client appropriate for your version of Windows and for your version of the Oracle Server must be installed on your computer. See Requirements for Monitoring Oracle Databases.

LoadComplete includes the Basic Test sample that explains the basic actions performed by load tests. To use this sample correctly, the following software must be installed on your computer:

• One of the supported operating systems (see above).

• Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 or later.

• .NET Framework 3.5 (later versions are not currently supported).

• Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) ver. 2.8 Service Pack 1 or later.

Important: In order for the sample to function properly, on some computers, you may also need to enable certain IIS features. See LoadComplete Basic Test Sample for complete information.