On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Christopher Schultz < ch...@christopherschultz.net> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Lance, > > On 2/13/14, 11:48 AM, Campbell, Lance wrote: > > I am looking for free documentation for scaling Tomcat 7 > > horizontally. I currently have three tomcat 7 application servers > > load balanced. The system is working good. I have noticed that > > my number of connections has increased. I was hoping to find an up > > to date resource guide that would give me suggestions on when to > > add additional nodes. I know there are a gazillion variables to > > consider. I am just wanting to get some generalized suggestions. > > I have read on a couple of sites that at about 500 to 750 > > connections one should really consider adding additional nodes. > > Unfortunately, there really is no good guide available because it's > mostly about your own configuration. > > D you have a load-testing environment where you can do things like > check response-times based upon arbitrary load? If you don't have > that, it should be your first step: get a testing rig up and running > with instrumentation. > > Chris (and others), What are your favourite tools for load testing, for performance benchmarking, etc.? What are some open-source and/or commercial alternatives? What do you like about them? :)
