Yea, that's a rediculous scenario... "I have a toothpick and some chewing gum. I'd like you to build the Hoover dam. Can you guarantee that it will support the weight of 15 million gallons of water? ... No we don't have a budget for high-school physics text-books."
> 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 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
