add load test without persistence

so we can see what else is chewing up cpu
diff --git a/qa/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/qa/load/SimulatedVanillaSoftwareProcessImpl.java b/qa/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/qa/load/SimulatedVanillaSoftwareProcessImpl.java
index e5aea80..6b1d096 100644
--- a/qa/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/qa/load/SimulatedVanillaSoftwareProcessImpl.java
+++ b/qa/src/main/java/org/apache/brooklyn/qa/load/SimulatedVanillaSoftwareProcessImpl.java
@@ -216,5 +216,14 @@
                 // no-op
             }
         }
+        
+        @Override
+        public boolean isRunning() {
+            if (Boolean.TRUE.equals(entity.getConfig(USE_SSH_MONITORING))) {
+                return super.isRunning();
+            } else {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/qa/src/test/java/org/apache/brooklyn/qa/load/AbstractLoadTest.java b/qa/src/test/java/org/apache/brooklyn/qa/load/AbstractLoadTest.java
index c07f329..56cd756 100644
--- a/qa/src/test/java/org/apache/brooklyn/qa/load/AbstractLoadTest.java
+++ b/qa/src/test/java/org/apache/brooklyn/qa/load/AbstractLoadTest.java
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@
         // Create management node
         persistenceDir = Files.createTempDir();
         launcher = BrooklynLauncher.newInstance()
-                .persistMode(PersistMode.CLEAN)
-                .highAvailabilityMode(HighAvailabilityMode.MASTER)
+                .persistMode(doPersistence() ? PersistMode.CLEAN : PersistMode.DISABLED)
+                .highAvailabilityMode(doPersistence() ? HighAvailabilityMode.MASTER : HighAvailabilityMode.DISABLED)
                 .persistenceDir(persistenceDir)
                 .start();
         
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@
         
         return launcher.getServerDetails().getManagementContext();
     }
+
+    protected boolean doPersistence() {
+        return true;
+    }
     
     @Override
     protected void tearDownPlatform() {
diff --git a/qa/src/test/java/org/apache/brooklyn/qa/load/LoadWithoutPersistenceTest.java b/qa/src/test/java/org/apache/brooklyn/qa/load/LoadWithoutPersistenceTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c69fc4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/src/test/java/org/apache/brooklyn/qa/load/LoadWithoutPersistenceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
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+package org.apache.brooklyn.qa.load;
+
+import org.apache.brooklyn.entity.software.base.VanillaSoftwareProcess;
+import org.apache.brooklyn.util.time.Duration;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Predicates;
+import com.google.common.base.Stopwatch;
+
+public class LoadWithoutPersistenceTest extends AbstractLoadTest {
+
+    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoadWithoutPersistenceTest.class);
+    
+    @Override
+    protected boolean doPersistence() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates many SSH simulated external monitor apps, to ensure resource usage not extreme.
+     * 
+     * Long-term target is 2500 VMs under management.
+     * Until we reach that point, we can partition the load across multiple (separate) brooklyn management nodes.
+     */
+    @Test(groups="Acceptance")
+    public void testManyAppsExternallyMonitored() throws Exception {
+        // TODO Getting ssh error ("Server closed connection during identification exchange") 
+        // with only two cycles (i.e. 20 entities).
+        //
+        // The ssh activity is from `SoftwareProcessImpl.waitForEntityStart`, which calls
+        // `VanillaSoftwareProcessSshDriver.isRunning`.
+        final int TOTAL_APPS = 500; // target is 2500 VMs; each blueprint has 2 VanillaSoftwareProcess
+        final int NUM_APPS_PER_BATCH = 10;
+        Stopwatch startTime = Stopwatch.createStarted();
+        super.runLocalhostManyApps(new TestConfig(this)
+                .execSshOnStart(false) // getting ssh errors otherwise!
+                .useSshMonitoring(false) // getting ssh errors otherwise!
+                .simulateExternalMonitor(Predicates.instanceOf(VanillaSoftwareProcess.class), 5, Duration.ONE_SECOND)
+                .clusterSize(5)
+                .totalApps(TOTAL_APPS, NUM_APPS_PER_BATCH)
+                .sleepBetweenBatch(Duration.seconds(0)));
+        log.info("Created "+TOTAL_APPS+" apps in "+Duration.of(startTime));
+    }
+    
+}