Generating a TPC-C OLTP Workload
Learn about a free tool that you can use to generate a TPC-like workload on your SQL Server system.
Michael Otey
April 25, 2014
1 Min Read
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Q: Are there any free tools that I can use to generate a TPC-like workload on my SQL Server system?
A: Yes. HammerDB is a free open source database load testing tool that you can find at hammerora.sourceforge.net. HammerDB works with:
Oracle
SQL Server
TimesTen
PostgreSQL
Greenplum
Postgres Plus Advanced Server
MySQL
Redis
HammerDB can be run fully automated and it can produce a TPC-C like OLTP workload, as well as a TPC-H data warehousing workload.
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