I am sure there are other tools that perform load testing/benchmarking, but they are not based on MINA :)
My intent is to tightly couple MINA and use it as the foundation for the testing. The idea is that if people have a system they want to test, they can either use an existing handler or write their own and let the acceptors/connectors do all the work. So leverage this testing tool off of MINA's flexibility. I was just curious as to the pitfalls that I might run in to or if anyone has thought about writing such a system before. As always, thanks Trustin !! --Mark On Dec 13, 2007 6:44 AM, Trustin Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Mark, > > On Dec 13, 2007 1:54 PM, Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have been toying with the idea of writing a test tool based on MINA. > This > > tool will be similar to what jmeter offers. I have used jmeter for > numerous > > programs over the years and was never really happy with how it worked if > you > > need to test a protocol that jmeter does not support 'out of the box'. > I am > > curious as to what the MINA community thinks about such a program. > > Do you mean a benchmark software that uses a MINA codec? It sounds > like a good idea, but we will also need to think about distributed > load generation and many more advanced features that existing testing > frameworks provide. Considering that, I'd personally prefer to > provide some kind of plugin, extension or module for a known > performance testing framework. > > I know JMeter doesn't satisfy your needs but there might be some other > performance testing framework that will fit best (even if it's not > ideal best). > > However, on the other hand, if you have some good idea about > performance testing framework which tightly integrates MINA, I'd like > to see you go ahead and how it will look like. Please feel free to do > what you want to do. It will be an exciting project anyway, because > we might be able to provide some features of the advanced testing > framework while improving MINA to support you to implement such > features. > > Cheers, > Trustin > -- > what we call human nature is actually human habit > -- > http://gleamynode.net/ > -- > PGP Key ID: 0x0255ECA6 > -- -------------------------------- The adjuration to be "normal" seems shockingly repellent to me; I see neither hope nor comfort in sinking to that low level. I think it is ignorance that makes people think of abnormality only with horror and allows them to remain undismayed at the proximity of "normal" to average and mediocre. For surely anyone who achieves anything is, essentially, abnormal. Dr. Karl Menninger
