> Where you say cold fusion on a single box really peaks out? I mean > without clustering and everything... where would you say its too much > load? I've been having a few issues but its cfmx related... problems > that didn't exist in 5.. And I want to know a good next move.
I would say it "peaks out" when it has reached a level of load that prevents it from having a tolerable response time for new requests. Of course, that's not much of an answer, but that's all the answer you'll get with the information you've provided. It's up to you to determine what's an acceptable response time ceiling, and to use load testing to determine how many concurrent users it takes to reach that ceiling. > Also.. I want to toss traffic at my own site and let my error reporter > run and see how far I can crank it up.. good weekend project.. Anyone > got any recommendations on a good program to... bombard your site with > traffic? I would recommend OpenSTA (http://www.opensta.org/). It's a free, Windows-based load testing tool. However, I would disagree with your characterization of load testing as a "good weekend project". Load testing is a relatively complicated and non-trivial task, if you intend to get useful results from your tests. I would also recommend that you thoroughly read the OpenSTA documentation, which will give you some idea of what load testing typically entails. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:189100 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
