Abstract: A method and apparatus for synchronizing execution of a test application is described. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving two or more commands from a test application. The method may also include distributing a first command from the received two or more commands to a plurality of client computer systems, each client computer system to issue the first command to a server computer system. Furthermore, the method may include distributing a second command from the received two or more commands to the plurality of client computer systems after receipt of a response to the first command from each of the plurality of client computer systems.