> > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dave Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The free tools just don't have what it takes to > > uncover all the potential problems your site can > > encounter under load. There's a good reason why > > the big tools can command such high prices. > > As someone who's used tools at both extremes - Segue SilkPerformer on the > high end, OpenSTA on the low end - I'd disagree with this a little bit. > > In my opinion, the problem with the free tools isn't necessarily that they > "don't have what it takes", just that they aren't nearly as easy to use, so > you have to spend a lot more time learning how to get useful data from them.
I agree with the reason why you disagree! :) This is actually the main reason why I say the free ones don't hack it. It's just like the difference between doing "What If" scenarios on paper versus with Excel: Recalculating a business scenario on paper might take three hours, but in Excel the same recalculation would take a couple of seconds. This reason alone creates a completely different quality of results: rigorously refined versus "This is the best I could come up with on paper in fifteen hours." Creating, testing, and refining a load test using e-TEST Suite lets you try dozens of refinements in just a couple of hours, whereas the freebies are not nearly as automated. This lack of automation alone will prevent the finished tests from having a level of analytical quality worth the dollars spent on creating them. > A > capacity planning test for a large, complex public site might be a month's > worth of work or more! You ain't kiddin'. This is really hard to get across to clients who don't have experience with the nature of load testing. Most of them have the pre-conceived notion that we can find out everything we need in one day. I wish! Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis Advanced Intensive ColdFusion MX Training http://www.ColdFusionTraining.com E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 770-446-8866 Team Macromedia Volunteer for ColdFusion http://www.macromedia.com/support/forums/team_macromedia/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
