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Webserver stress test tool

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  • 15-09-2004 3:37pm
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    tonysoprano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭


    anyone know of a free webserver stress test tool?


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    #2
    Zaltais
    Closed Accounts Posts: 304 ✭✭Zaltais


    What OS?

    Siege on *nix is good. (you can test windows servers, but you need to run it on *nix.)

    Paessler do a 'demo' version of 'Web Server Stress Tool' (Windows) that's pretty, but unfortunately it's limited.

    And believe it or not Microsoft actually do a free one.


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    cgarvey
    Registered Users Posts: 3,886 ✭✭✭cgarvey


    The Apache httpd (windows and linux) comes with apachebench, which is handy for multithreaded straight forward page requests (not useful for testing web applications/navigation paths/page logic/etc.).

    .cg


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    nahdoic
    Registered Users Posts: 944 ✭✭✭nahdoic


    apache bench is great

    but do bear in mind it is only a stress test it does not simulate real user behaviour. So although with apache bench your webserver may be able to handle 800 requests a second, it doesn't mean in the real world your server will be able to satisfy that amount of visitor requests a second.

    A real visitior takes longer to load, and ties up the processes for longers, and take more, just a note for when you are testing. I'm sure there are all sorts of extra variables you can set to simulate the behaviour even better.

    Just a word of warning :)


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