On Thu, 6 Aug 2009, Steve Wray wrote: > Hi there, > > we are considering deploying a mailman mailing list server. > > I want to ensure that its fairly lean and that it also performs adequately. > > So I'd like to do some load testing on it to measure its performance. > > I'm wondering if anyone can provide any ideas, insights or warnings with > respect to this sort of thing? > > Thanks!
Load testing is a very simple and staright forward manner, however, I would question the need for it unless you are dealing with lists of unusual size or settings (VERP comes to mind). More data from you would help. //Alif -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin_at_mfn.org 0xpgp_key_mgmt_is_broken-dont_bother "Never belong to any party, always oppose privileged classes and public plunderers, never lack sympathy with the poor, always remain devoted to the public welfare, never be satisfied with merely printing news, always be drastically independent, never be afraid to attack wrong, whether by predatory plutocracy or predatory poverty." Joseph Pulitzer 1907 Speech ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
