rhq

Scripted alert notifications in RHQ

posted on 08 March 2011

Since RHQ3, we support "alert sender" server plugins. Basically an alert sender is a piece of code that can generate some sort of response to the firing of an alert.

Upgrading Resources In RHQ

posted on 06 October 2010

Humans make mistakes. That’s because they learn and by making mistakes and experimenting they perfect their skills. Computers on the other hand only do as they are told. When a human interacts with the computer, she expects the computer to be human-like to the extent that it can recover or react to the mistakes she makes while learning the rules of interaction with it.

Database setup for TestNG tests

posted on 20 September 2010

In my previous post I talked about the approach I took to export data from a database using a JPA model. I also mentioned that that was a part of a larger effort to support performance testing that we are currently implementing for RHQ. This post is a follow-up on that theme. This time we’re going to take a look at how to use the exported data in TestNG based tests.

How to export data from a DB using JPA model

posted on 15 September 2010

In RHQ, we are currently contemplating implementing a series of automated performance tests. For those tests to make any sense, we have to provide them with some initial data to work with.

Measuring UI Performance

posted on 11 May 2010

RHQ is not built to be used by thousands of users at the same time. We rather add features to the page so that it contains maximum information and context so that the users can make the right decisions about their infrastructure. But even then we do care about a responsive and reasonably performing UI (and the system as a whole of course).