Vuser load distribution

You can distribute your Vusers across several different cloud locations or machines.

Distribution logic

LoadRunner Cloud distributes Vusers for each script based on the location configured in the Load profile page for the script, whether on cloud or on-premises.

A cloud‑based load generator cannot run more than a single script, but a single script can be distributed on several load generators, depending on the number of Vusers associated with the script and the capacity for the protocol type. For details, see Cloud LG infrastructure capacity.

By default, the load is distributed evenly over the load generators. The Vuser balancing option can only be turned off by submitting a service request.

We recommend that you view the Vuser distribution planned for your test. To do this, click the Run preview button. For details, see Run setting previews.

To customize the Vuser distribution, click Load distributionLoad distribution in the sidebar and select the appropriate tab: Cloud or On-premises. For details, see Deploy on cloud LGs or Deploy with on-premises LGs.

Note:  

  • The Vuser balancing option is not supported if at least one of the scripts, on‑premises or on cloud, is configured with the Advanced scheduling mode.

  • The Vuser balancing option is not based on Round-robin provisioning. This means that the machines are only balanced after all Vusers of the script have started the duration time, and not during ramp up.

  • If you are a trial user, only AWS locations are available as cloud locations.

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AWS cloud locations

This section lists the available locations for AWS (Amazon Web Services) cloud-based load generators.

AWS locations sorted alphabetically by location

Location Region
Bahrain Middle East
Cape Town Africa
Dublin Europe
Frankfurt Europe
Hong Kong Asia Pacific
London Europe
Milan Europe
Montreal Canada
Mumbai Asia Pacific
N. California US West
N. Virginia US East
Ohio US East
Oregon US West
Paris Europe
São Paulo South America
Seoul Asia Pacific
Singapore Asia Pacific
Stockholm Europe
Sydney Asia Pacific
Tokyo Asia Pacific
UAE Middle East
Zurich Europe

AWS locations sorted alphabetically by region

Region Location
Africa Cape Town
Asia Pacific Hong Kong, Mumbai, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo
Canada Montreal
Europe Dublin, Frankfurt, London, Milan, Paris, Stockholm, Zurich
Middle East Bahrain, UAE
South America São Paulo
US East Ohio, Northern Virginia
US West Northern California, Oregon

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Azure cloud locations

This section lists the available locations for Azure cloud-based load generators.

Azure locations sorted alphabetically by location

Location Region
California West US
Dubai UAE North
Hong Kong East Asia
Illinois North Central US
Ireland North Europe
London North Europe
Netherlands West Europe
New South Wales Australia East
Osaka Japan West
São Paulo Brazil South
Texas South Central US
Toronto Canada Central
Victoria Australia Southeast
Virginia East US
Zürich Switzerland North

Azure locations sorted alphabetically by region

Region Location
Australia East New South Wales
Australia Southeast Victoria
Brazil South São Paulo
Canada Central Toronto
East Asia Hong Kong
East US Virginia
Japan West Osaka
North Central US Illinois
North Europe Ireland, London
South Central US Texas
Switzerland North Zürich
West Europe Netherlands
West US California
UAE North Dubai

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GCP cloud locations

This section lists the available locations for GCP (Google Cloud Platform) cloud-based load generators.

GCP locations sorted alphabetically by location

Location Zone
London Europe West
Netherlands Europe West
Oregon US West
Sydney Australia Southeast
Tokyo Asia Northeast
Virginia US East

GCP locations sorted alphabetically by zone

Zone Location
Asia Northeast Tokyo, Japan
Australia Southeast Sydney
Europe West

London, England

Eemshaven, Netherlands

US East Virginia, North America
US West Oregon, North America

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Cloud machine types

This section lists the machine types that LoadRunner Cloud uses when provisioning cloud load generators.

All protocols except TruClient

Vendor

Type

AWS

m5.2xlarge

Azure

Standard_D8ds_v4

GCP

n2-standard-8

TruClient

Vendor

Type

AWS

c5.2xlarge

Azure

Standard_D8ds_v4

GCP

c2-standard-8

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