> Anyhow, what I really want to know from you experts is what should I be > watching and recording during these load tests?
Generally, you're interested in response time and throughput. > Also should I pair down from a load balanced solution to a single server to > make it easier to debug log files and track memory etc? > > And then scale up after a specific duration? Or for the second test > interval? > > I don't have much experience with load testing and just want to make sure > that this is money well spend in terms of having some actionable data. It's hard to answer this without more information. What is the goal of the load test? What kind of actionable data are you looking for? You can use load tests to answer a couple of different questions. There are two basic types of load test: performance analysis, and capacity planning. In a performance analysis test, you're looking for bottlenecks in your application with the goal of improving application performance. In a capacity planning test, you're trying to identify how many users your application can support as it's currently written. Which one of these are you doing? Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:349862 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
