Oh come on stress testing against Localhost is entirely unrealistic. For a start you've removed all network I/O limitations,

You are quite right for the most part. First of all, my DSL modem would go up in flames before even a cheap rent-a-server service would notice any relevant increase in traffic. So, for real-life testing you need a decent internet connection for a start. But then, yes, testing makes a lot more sense.

But testing against localhost is also a good idea. You might notice race conditions and things like that a lot easier. At least, i did.

and for seconds unless your renting a beefy server your likely to have far more available RAM on a home system, especially these days.

When doing production critical services, i usually put my own servers in a colocation. While it's certainly more work, it usually pays (for me) in the long run. Especially when upgrade time comes around. But since i do (mostly) in-house stuff, your situation is probably completly different from mine...

Don't use '#ff0000':
use Acme::AutoColor; my $redcolor = RED();
All colors subject to change without notice.

In reply to Re^3: Can your site handle this? by cavac
in thread Can your site handle this? by Logicus

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