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Benchmark Factory for Database 8.4 - Release Notes

Release Notes

Benchmark Factory® 8.4

Release Notes

Wednesday, August 19, 2020


About Benchmark Factory

Quest Software is pleased to make available Benchmark Factory® 8.4 to meet your database workload testing needs. Benchmark Factory is a database performance and code scalability testing tool that simulates users and transactions on the database and replays production workload in non-production environments. With Benchmark Factory developers, DBAs, and QA teams can validate that their databases will scale as user loads increase, application changes are made, and platform changes are implemented.

Benchmark Factory is available for Oracle®, SQL Server®, IBM® DB2®, SAP®, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and other databases via ODBC connectivity. Benchmark Factory:

  • Simulates thousands of concurrent users with a minimal amount of hardware.
  • Simulates database production workloads.
  • Reports tests results with built-in reporting features.

Upon completion of a test execution, all test results are collected and stored in the repository for data analysis and reporting. Benchmark Factory collects a variety of informative and detailed statistics that include:

  • Overall server throughput (measured in transactions per second/minute or bytes transferred).
  • Detailed transaction executed statistics by individual agent workstations producing a load.

 

New Features

New Features in 8.4

This release of Benchmark Factory includes the following new features and enhancements.

Benchmark Factory 8.4

Database Support

This release of Benchmark Factory includes support for the following database versions:

  • SQL Server 2019

Secure the REST API

  • Only support HTTPS
  • Add Authentication for External host to Access REST API

Benchmark Factory server supports TLS1.2 and later version, it will generate self signed certificate. The default setting for REST API is just for Local access. If the external host wants to access Benchmark Factory server through REST API, the request header need to add Authentication. For more detailed information please see help document.

See Resolved Issues for more enhancements and resolved issues in this release of Benchmark Factory.


Learn More

Learn more and connect with the community at the Benchmark Factory Community page on Toad World.

  • Find interesting blogs and other useful information.
  • Ask questions in the forum.
  • Link to Commercial, Trial, and Freeware downloads.
  • Find Benchmark Factory documentation.

Deprecated Features

SQL Server Native Client

Beginning with Benchmark Factory 8.1, the Microsoft SQL Server Native Client (11.0) is no longer distributed along with Benchmark Factory.


Resolved Issues

Resolved Issues and Enhancements

The following is a list of issues addressed and enhancements implemented in this release of Benchmark Factory.

 

Resolved Issues in 8.4

Feature Resolved Issue Defect ID
SQL Server capture Correct an issue in which Benchmark factory missed transaction when imported the workload performed by SQL Server capture. BMF-5152
General Resolved an issue in which Benchmark Factory can not launch after Toad for Oracle send SQL statement to Benchmark Factory. BMF-5533
REST API Correct an issue in which the agent can not get the password after post job with agent password. BMF-5551
General Resolved an issue in which Benchmark factory free ware version can not launch due to the application lost the QP5 file. BMF-5618
REST API Correct an issue in which the REST API testruns should accept the value of the runid is parameter. BMF-5633
REST API Correct an issue in which secure the API by https. This issue was a common requirement BMF-5639
REST API Correct an issue in which the REST API need to protected by access key from external host, This issue was discovered when the external host access the service through the REST API. BMF-5640
Run Report Correct an issue. in which the run report allow XSS attack. BMF-5658
Connection correct an issue in which the Benchmark Factory will warning user when the user want to make an unencrypted connection to a database. This should occur anytime connection is being made and encryption is not being used regardless of the database configuration. BMF-5672

Resolved Issues in 8.3

Feature Resolved Issue Defect ID
SQL Server capture Correct an issue in which Benchmark factory missed transaction when imported the workload performed by SQL Server capture. BMF-5152
General Resolved an issue in which Benchmark Factory can not launch after Toad for Oracle send SQL statement to Benchmark Factory. BMF-5533
REST API Correct an issue in which the agent can not get the password after post job with agent password. BMF-5551
General Resolved an issue in which Benchmark factory free ware version can not launch due to the application lost the QP5 file. BMF-5618
REST API Correct an issue in which the REST API testruns should accept the value of the runid is parameter. BMF-5633
REST API Correct an issue in which secure the API by https. This issue was a common requirement BMF-5639
REST API Correct an issue in which the REST API need to protected by access key from external host, This issue was discovered when the external host access the service through the REST API. BMF-5640
Run Report Correct an issue. in which the run report allow XSS attack. BMF-5658
Connection correct an issue in which the Benchmark Factory will warning user when the user want to make an unencrypted connection to a database. This should occur anytime connection is being made and encryption is not being used regardless of the database configuration. BMF-5672

Resolved Issues in 8.2.1

Feature Resolved Issue Defect ID
Benchmark Factory Console Corrected an issue which caused an error when a Standard user attempted to start the Benchmark Factory console under certain conditions. BMF-5377
General Upgraded Third Party component to latest version. BMF-5419

 


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