Nic Ferrier wrote:
>
> >>> Niall Smart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 4/10/99 7:48:14 PM >>>
> >Something like a
> >simulated electronic shop for example. Needless to say this
> >would be very useful for evaluating all the various offerings
> >out there and especially for hammering them to see what happens.
>
> It's a bit difficult to do since it depends completly on what you
> want to do.
>
> An electronic shop test would only test the suitability of a product
> for an electronioc shop.
Hmm... I'd say that most ecommerce applications whether they be
online banking/trading, shopping or other application are influenced
by the same performance issues. If product XYZ is robust and scalable
for implementing one transaction based system, its likely it will
be as robust and scalable for most.
> Also there are so many parts involved (as you point out) that it is
> difficult to narrow things down if you take this appoach.
>
> JMeter from the Apache group is an excellent (and free) tool for
> hammering out HTTP requests. It's what I use for measuring Paperclips
> performance.
I'll check it out, thanks.
Regards,
Niall
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