charles arehart wrote: > > ... > > I hope folks will check it out and report what you think of it. Indeed, I > hope that the 5-user test may be helpful to some in doing their first load > testing. Sure, 5 users isn't much, but if your site is relatively > low-trafficked, you ever know what running 5 concurrent users might stress > in your system. Think about it, to get 5 users at once some sites would need > to average thousands of users a day. By the same token, even if you don't > expect that load, it's also possible that you could have that load in a > sudden burst. Hey, it's free, so try it out against as many threads through > your site as you'd like. (It's not just a tool to test one page but instead > acts like a record and playback while you traverse your site creating a > "scenario".) >
I agree. I think that a 5-user test can create a lot of traffic. We use Webload now (bought it), but did use an eval for a while. Five users may not sound like a lot, but remember that it is really 5 concurrent requests that you get. If you take out all the pauses that occur in real life you can get a lot of hits out of 5-user load tests. Also, even 5-user loads can show up threading/concurrency issues much better than just clicking around by yourself. Apply the 5-user load THEN click around for a while to see if anything wacky happens. So far it still hasn't cost anything! - Chris Hamlin ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jrun-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
