eBay SAP WebLOAD testing transformed performance across their global Business Objects infrastructure. The e-commerce giant, serving 100 million users in 30 countries, implemented WebLOAD’s distributed testing framework to validate their new architecture, achieving a 52% improvement in system response times
eBay’s Global Enterprise Technology team faced significant challenges with the performance of the SAP Business Objects tool, crucial for their operations.
The need for performance benchmark testing became apparent due to system performance complaints from various locations. The team also needed to validate a newly implemented distributed architecture equipped with load balancing, which posed additional challenges that standard load testing solutions failed to address effectively.
The eBay testing team turned to RadView’s WebLOAD, a tool capable of supporting all relevant SAP modules out of the box, to conduct thorough load and stress testing. Utilizing load generators and monitors strategically placed across North America and Europe, the team was able to accurately assess performance and response times for different user groups within eBay.
eBay SAP WebLOAD testing transformed performance across their global Business Objects infrastructure. The e-commerce giant, serving 100 million users in 30 countries, implemented WebLOAD’s distributed testing framework to validate their new architecture, achieving a 52% improvement in system response times.
The tests revealed critical insights, leading to targeted system and architectural
enhancements. These improvements, coupled with strategic hardware upgrades, resulted in an average performance gain of 52%.
This significant improvement was not only a testament to the effectiveness of the WebLOAD tool but also marked a pivotal advancement in eBay’s system optimization efforts.
eBay’s strategic decision to utilize WebLOAD for performance testing has yielded substantial benefits, enhancing the efficiency and reliability of its SAP Business Objects tool.
The success of this initiative has established a framework for periodic regression testing, ensuring continuous system performance improvements. This case study illustrates the power of tailored performance testing solutions in addressing complex technological challenges, thereby facilitating significant performance gains in global enterprise operations.