On 15-Jan-2010, at 12:38, Scott Gifford wrote:
> I think using a LAN/VLAN connection would be a fair measure. You could also
> consider running the tests as instances on Amazon EC2, which will let you
> lease a small pool of servers for a few hours for $20 or so.
That's a good idea. I'd forgotte
On 15-Jan-2010, at 10:34, Jarrod Slick wrote:
>>> So, I should be more specific with my question: to the end of determining
>>> strictly which webserver is more efficient do you see any problems with
>>> this type of setup?
>>
>> More 'efficient' I think you mean.
>
> Is that not exactly what
So, I should be more specific with my question: to the end of
determining strictly which webserver is more efficient do you see
any problems with this type of setup?
More 'efficient' I think you mean.
Is that not exactly what I said?
And another question: how would you do it differen
> From: LuKreme [mailto:krem...@kreme.com]
> Sent: January 15, 2010 11:45 AM
>
> On 15-Jan-2010, at 09:29, Jarrod Slick wrote:
> > I'm curious -- why do you think that the results will be
> inconsistent? If anything I would be inclined to think that using
> localhost would improve consistency as
On 15-Jan-2010, at 10:08, Jarrod Slick wrote:
> On Jan 15, 2010, at 11:03 AM, Eric Covener wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Jarrod Slick
>> wrote:
>>
>>> What about having a private VLAN between a testing machine and the apache
>>> machine. I suppose that would solve the resource sep
On Jan 15, 2010, at 10:44 AM, LuKreme wrote:
Run thousands of test across multiple connections from multiple
sources for each server if you want to see what the performance is
ACTUALLY like.
Unfortunately multiple sources is impractical for me unless you want
to donate some hardware. Tha
On 15-Jan-2010, at 09:29, Jarrod Slick wrote:
> I'm curious -- why do you think that the results will be inconsistent? If
> anything I would be inclined to think that using localhost would improve
> consistency as extraneous variables like network congestion at the time of
> testing would not b
