I talked to one company who wanted me to guarantee the application could support ~15 million users (<-- not simultaneous ) I had no say in hardware, and they didn't have a budget for load testing.
If they push for some form of guarantee, tell them that you can only guarantee that it'll work for a single user. : ha, ha: At 01:42 PM 11/19/2002 -0500, you wrote: >another thing to think about is 2000 simultaneous users, is about the >same >traffic that yahoo gets. wouldn't you say? simultaneous means, exact >click at the >exact same moment, to the exact same resource, etc.... > >if they *really* expect that many *simultaneous* hits, they should look >into a managed >hosting solution that has a load balancing setup already ready to go, >and is set up >for failover etc..... > >that's really a shitload of *simultaneous* hits. > >..tony > >Tony Weeg >Senior Web Developer >Information System Design >Navtrak, Inc. >Fleet Management Solutions >www.navtrak.net >410.548.2337 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jeffry Houser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 1:22 PM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: Re: ColdFusion practical limits > > > Definitely Load Test and / or Stress Test. > Load Testing simulates real world use. Stress Testing bangs the >server >all at once. > > You can load test with the free Microsoft Tool. I believe it is >called >Web Application Stress Tool. > I like to use Web Performance Trainer ( www.webperformanceinc.com ) >because it is really easy to use. > > There are so many variables to be able to say X Processor with Y RAM >can >support Z Users. > >At 01:12 PM 11/19/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >I need to provide a big client with the practical limits of ColdFusion >5 > >running on a Windows 2000 server. The clients > >wants to know that the server and the associated MS SQL Server can >handle > >2000 simultaneous transactions. Are there any > >published stats that would help? Would I need to lod balance several > >servers to support this? > > > >Thanks in advance... > > > >Regards, > > > >Howie > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
