Mimicking Server Load

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Re: Mimicking Server Load by saintmike (Vicar) on Nov 15, 2004 at 21:39 UTC
Take a look at the pounder.	[reply]
Re: Mimicking Server Load by mbeast (Beadle) on Nov 15, 2004 at 21:57 UTC
Apachebench ?	[reply]
Re: Mimicking Server Load by CountZero (Bishop) on Nov 15, 2004 at 22:08 UTC
Microsoft Web Application Stress Tool? It can (remotely) test any type of server, but the tool needs to run on a Windows machine. CountZero "If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law	[reply]
Re: Mimicking Server Load by cLive ;-) (Prior) on Nov 15, 2004 at 21:32 UTC
Errr, Google? cLive ;-)	[reply]
Re: Mimicking Server Load by TedPride (Priest) on Nov 16, 2004 at 14:43 UTC
For simultaneous logins, you can add sleep commands at key points in your script and then call it from several different windows of your browser. I did this to test file lock / unlock collisions on a script I wrote. Server load is more difficult to measure, but you can adapt your script for repeat runs and time it for x number of seconds or iterations, or use LWP::Simple from your personal computer to time response times over the Internet.	[reply]