Silk Performer will simulate the downloading of the file from the server although the file will not be physically saved to the disk on the client machine. The reason for this is that Silk Performer is used to test the network infrastructure and as such all file data will be downloaded but the actual file save operation is of no importance in a load test. The other factor to consider is if you are running a load test of 5000 vUsers and you wanted to save each file to disk then this could cause a disk space issue if all files were actually saved. If you need further clarification then please contact Support.
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