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OrioleDB vs PostgreSQL: An Independent Performance Validation
PFLB benchmarked OrioleDB against PostgreSQL on identical 4-core EPYC, 64 GB VMs with TPC-C and pgBench. Better reads, write-throughput bottlenecks.
Read Full CaseValidating Chainguard Container Performance on ARM and x86
Chainguard needed unaffiliated proof its hardened Docker images perform. PFLB benchmarked 8 database containers against DockerHub equivalents on AWS VMs.
Read Full Case40 TB Oracle Database Masked in 38 Hours for a Top-20 Bank
A top-20 bank's own scripts took weeks to mask 40 TB of Oracle. Datasan did it in 38 hours, and every business workflow still passed.
Read Full CaseNOV Real-Time Drilling Data: The Async Network IO Bottleneck
NOV's completions data manager slowed on multiple dashboards. PFLB traced the ceiling to Async Network IO waits between SQL Server and the app server.
Read Full CaseLoad Testing an E-Learning Platform for 800 Sign-Ups in 5 Minutes
FolderWave hired PFLB to emulate two annual peaks: 1,000 College Board questionnaire submissions an hour and 800 MEFA Pathway registrations in 5 minutes.
Read Full Case10,000 Virtual Users Reporting Outages: PEC Storm Systems
Texas's largest electric co-op had one week to test its outage map and reporting system. PFLB ran 10,000 virtual users generating outages.
Read Full CaseTynor's New E-Commerce Site Was 30× Too Slow. We Had Four Days.
Tynor launched an e-commerce site with a week to go and no load testing skills. Four days later performance was 30x better: 16 users to 500 concurrent.
Read Full CaseCorporate Bank Reaches 450% Load Capacity Reserve After Performance Testing
A corporate bank with 441 branches crashed on payday. PFLB found 200+ errors in two weeks; the system now sustains 450% of peak load.
Read Full CaseTesting a Bank Platform at 30,000 TPS: Inside a Two-Week Release Cycle
PFLB tests the customer profile module of one of the world's largest banking platforms: 15,000 TPS standard, 30,000 peak, on a two-week release cycle.
Read Full CaseHow to Load Test Siebel CRM: Building a Profile When Nobody Gives You One
Siebel CRM has 20+ integrations and traffic that breaks on every release. How PFLB scopes it and rebuilds a load profile from production logs.
Read Full CaseX5 Retail SAP ERP Load Testing: A Handover That Lasted 10 Years
X5 Retail, a $16bn food retailer, lost its only load testing engineer before high season. PFLB rebuilt its SAP ERP performance testing from scratch.
Read Full CaseMoving 6 Million Users to AWS: The Burst Credit That Made Every Test Lie
Wild Apricot moved 6M users and 15,000 communities to AWS. PFLB cut synthetic tests from 8 hours to 30 minutes and exhausted burst credits first.
Read Full CaseThe Bank Bought 1,000 RPA Robots. Its System Could Run 500.
Europe's biggest bank prepaid for 1,000 RPA robots on a system that saturated near 400. PFLB ran the first performance test of that estate.
Read Full CaseAutomating Performance Testing for a 190,000-ATM Network
A government-owned bank runs 190,000+ ATMs. PFLB turned performance testing of its control system into a one-click Jenkins pipeline.
Read Full CaseFIS Profile Load Testing: 11 Releases a Year at 6M Ops/Hour
PFLB has load tested a state-owned bank's FIS Profile core for 7 years - 11 releases a year at ~6M operations per hour, test plans cut 4 hours to 10 min.
Read Full CaseLoad Testing a Payroll System at 10,000 Registries an Hour
A bank's payroll platform pays millions across Europe's largest firms. PFLB tested it at 10,000 registries an hour with registries up to 9,000 records.
Read Full CaseLoad Testing RPA: 233 Calls a Second, 4 of Them Useful
A bank's RPA estate (14 app servers, 700 robots) used 9 of 10 Gbps. PFLB found a loop firing 233 database calls a second, only 4 useful.
Read Full CaseLoad Testing Microsoft NAV Over an Unintercepted Protocol
Microsoft Dynamics NAV speaks proprietary msbin1, which LoadRunner, Fiddler and Wireshark cannot see. PFLB compared 3 configurations on 8 hosts.
Read Full CaseSizing Terminal Servers for 3,000 Users on a Medical System
A clinic network needed a server count for 3,000 users on new architecture. PFLB load tested the thick-client MIS over RDP and returned the number.
Read Full CaseTransaction Processing: Throughput Below a Quarter of Target
A bank moving to in-house processing found TranzWare Online throughput had fallen below a quarter. PFLB traced it to a CBA interface message queue backlog.
Read Full CaseESB Test Automation Deployed in Under 30 Minutes
A government fund needed ESB tests non-specialists could run on Windows. PFLB's Docker tool deploys in one command, cutting a day of setup to 30 minutes.
Read Full CaseBuilding a Live Demo Environment for a Monitoring Product
PFLB built a multi-server rig, drove it with Apache JMeter until resources spiked, then added cloud capacity on camera as video proof the product works.
Read Full CaseTesting 4 Connected SAP Systems Through an Omnichannel Transformation
An omnichannel retailer transformed its platform. PFLB load tested SAP ERP, PI/PO, POS DM and TM as one estate, before and after, to prove nothing slowed.
Read Full CaseA REST Emulator for Testing a Service Without Its Neighbours
A government enterprise had to test subsystems in isolation and could not use an off-the-shelf tool. PFLB built a Java REST emulator with set responses.
Read Full CaseSAP ERP Across Eight Plants: Logistics 2× Faster, Transactions Up to 8×
A meat producer moved 5,000 employees onto one SAP ERP. PFLB load tested eight plants: logistics 2x faster, transactions up to 8x.
Read Full CaseLoad Testing In-Flight Wi-Fi With Real Devices, Not Users
PFLB built a 50-VM, 50-adapter Wi-Fi bench to load test BoardConnect in-flight media. It could not serve 50 passengers stably and went back for rework.
Read Full CaseSiebel CRM Credit Approval System: 2.5× Faster, Scaled to 10,000 Users
A bank's Siebel credit approval system faced a demand surge. Across 25+ iterations PFLB made it 2.5x faster with headroom for 10,000 users.
Read Full CaseCore Banking Regression Testing When Tools Cannot See the Menu
Automation tools could not read the bank's core system. PFLB built a C++ library to reach it, cut regression cost and left a centre of excellence.
Read Full CaseChoosing a Database for SAP BW: A Comparison Worth Tens of Millions
A major retailer had to pick the fastest database for SAP BW - Oracle, HANA or Exadata - with tens of millions riding on it. PFLB built the comparison.
Read Full CaseLoad Testing an Ordering Platform Shipping 3 Times a Day
A pizza delivery platform needed a capacity check before a regional campaign. PFLB load tested it through 2–3 releases a day and named the bottlenecks.
Read Full CaseA Platform Specified for 500,000 Concurrent Users Reached 2% of It
An education PaaS was specified for 500,000 simultaneous users. PFLB measured 2% of target: the web server hit 100% CPU at a tenth of the load.
Read Full CaseQuality Gates Next: 8 Gates in a Bank's Delivery Pipeline
A bank wanted faster deliveries without lower quality. PFLB deployed Quality Gates Next - 8 gates in Jenkins, so a release advances only when it passes.
Read Full CaseEmbedded QA for a Fitness Product Built on a Custom Tablet
PFLB joined a San Francisco fitness startup in beta, under a year from release, and tested on two units of Hercules, a custom tablet not on sale anywhere.
Read Full CaseUI Test Automation That Cut Full Regression by 30%
About 20% of functional cases automated and full regression about 30% faster, plus a Test Orchestrator that quarantines a test until 10 consecutive passes.
Read Full CaseLIMS Test Data Automation: Prep Halved, Coverage Up 12x
Automating a genetic blood analysis LIMS cut test data preparation from 4 hours to 2 per tube, raised test coverage 12x and testing performance 40x.
Read Full CaseManual QA for a Startup: 300 Tests a Day, Costs Down 30%
20 devices, 300 manual tests a day per regression and 150 for smoke: a Bluetooth fitness app's QA costs fell almost 30% with round-the-clock test shifts.
Read Full CaseWe can provide multiple performance testing services and a lot more than that if the situation needs a far more complex approach.
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