Recommended Machine Specs

[Keith Weicksel]

I was wondering what type of PCs people were using to load test their 
sites with.  I have tried several different configurations, each ending 
up with different results.  We try and test our site with ~250 - 300 
threads (5-10 different test plans) that browse about 7-15 pages each.

- The last time I tested performed a load test with a single machine (3+ 
Ghz, 2 Gig RAM, Suse 9) w/ an aggregate report running live.  The 
response time were realistic (we were manually browsing at the same time 
as well as looking at server usage).

- Before that we performed the same test using 5 different machines (50 
threads each) as servers and 1 as the client.  Each machine was a 2 Ghz, 
512 MB RAM, Windows XP Pro machine.  I calculated the results with a 
aggregate listener live again, but recieved much [much] higher response 
times.

I realize that this could be due to several things (networking issues 
between each computer, running the aggregate report live, etc).  I just 
wanted to hear from any of you guys, on your optimal testing environment.

Keith
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