There is a "magical" npm that can help: https://github.com/benschmaus/nodeload
But there also seems to be a problem with Node.js's ability to create HTTP load in general: https://github.com/joyent/node/issues/2809#issuecomment-21967866 so, while Node-load exists, how much load it can realistically generate is unclear. The tool I've had best luck with generating significant HTTP load is Vegeta (https://github.com/tsenart/vegeta) Hope this helps. On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 2:11:56 PM UTC-4, Rob Knopf wrote: > > All, > > I've been trying to find a suitable application to load test one of our > server applications. It's a traditional server/client room based game with > realtime updates of positions,etc (FPS or MOBA like traffic). Specifically > it's using SmartFox on the backend. I couldn't find an off-the-shelf > version testing framework (lots of http type of load testers, no persistent > connection types that I could see), so it looks like we'll have to brew our > own. I turned to Node to provide the framework for 20K simulated clients, > but before I spend too much time on this, I was hoping to get some > verification that this was the right tool for the job. > > 1) Is Node the right choice for initiating those connections? Am I > barking up the wrong tree and should turn my attention to a different tech? > Assuming it is (or can be with some work)... > > 2) Is there a magical npm somewhere I can leverage? I understand the > protocol itself (binary) would have to be overridden, but it sure would be > nice if someone had started something already. I have found tons of tools > to test Node applications, but none to use Node as the tester. > > 3) If there aren't any real starting points I can work from, are there > some land mines I should be aware of when putting something together? Are > there best-practices guidelines for using Node to initiate thousands of > persistent sockets? > > > I appreciate any help/direction you folks can give me. If there is a > better forum for this, please point me that way. > > Thanks, > > -Rob > > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
