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SLAMD Distributed Load Generation Engine |
Version 2.0.0 |
News and Announcements
Sunday, July 12, 2009 -- SLAMD 2.0.0-20090712
SLAMD 2.0.0-20090712 provides a number of fixes and new features over the previous 2.0.0-20090227 release. It makes it possible to view statistics collected with jobs from older versions of SLAMD, it includes a couple of new LDAP jobs which make it possible to use data read from files rather than constructed data, and it provides the ability to use rate-limiting for many types of jobs. It also uses a newer version of the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java which can make clients significantly more efficient for jobs targeting LDAP directory servers.
See the release notes for complete details about the changes between the SLAMD 2.0.0-20090227 and the SLAMD 2.0.0-20090712 releases.
Friday, February 27, 2009 -- SLAMD 2.0.0-20090227
SLAMD 2.0.0-20090227 is a major update to the SLAMD 2.x codebase. It has been fully updated to support Java 5.0 and later releases, the code has been refactored to use a "com.slamd" package structure, many jobs have been significantly updated, and there have been numerous other enhancements.
See the release notes for complete details about the changes between the SLAMD 2.0.0-alpha1 and the SLAMD 2.0.0-20090227 releases.
Friday, April 27, 2006 -- SLAMD 2.0.0-alpha1
SLAMD 2.0.0-alpha1 is the first release of the SLAMD 2.x codebase. It is classified as an "alpha" release because it is not feature complete with regard to all functionality that the official 2.0.0 release is expected to contain. However, the "alpha" status does not imply that it is unstable or unusable.
Monday, June 27, 2005 -- SLAMD 1.8.2
SLAMD 1.8.2 is primarily a bugfix release over the previous 1.8.1 version. It also backports many updates from the SLAMD 2.x codebase.
Tuesday, December 7, 2004 -- SLAMD 1.8.1
SLAMD 1.8.1 is primarily a bugfix release over the previous 1.8.0 version, but does offer a couple of new features and enhancements, including:
- It is now possible to persist statistical data on the client so that it will not be lost in the event of a problem with the client or server.
- There is now a mechanism for varying load over time while a job is running based on a user-specified pattern.
- The HTTP client can now automatically maintain a number of statistics, and this can be used in the scripting language.
Tuesday, October 5, 2004 -- SLAMD 1.8.0
SLAMD 1.8.0 is the first official Open Source release. In addition to the new license and source code availability, it offers a few bugfixes and new features, including:
- The LDAPDecoder tool now offers the ability to write the captured traffic as a SLAMD script.
- A new tool is provided for generic record and playback for TCP communication.
- The ability to test parameters before scheduling a job.
- For jobs with a lot of log messages, they will be hidden by default and a link will be provided to display them in a separate window.
- The ability to update multiple attributes in the LDAP ModRate jobs.
- The PDF report generator is now included, as are several jobs used for testing Identity Synchronization for Windows.
- Includes updated versions of the Tomcat servlet engine, the Mozilla LDAP SDK for Java, and Java Advanced Imaging.
Tuesday, October 5, 2004 -- SLAMD Open Source Release
The SLAMD Distributed Load Generation Engine has officially been released by Sun Microsystems as an Open Source project. It is available under the Sun Public License, which is an OSI-Approved Open Source License. The actual source code that was released is available on the download page.