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From: Daron Barndon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 8:31 AM
Subject: [SLUG] Web Testing/Benchmarking Software
> Guys,
> Does anyone know of any particularly good web test/benchmarking
> software (hopefully free!). The powers that be are trying to move our
> web sites from Solaris to NT/W2K due to the cost of hardware (mainly). I
> would like to point them towards a Linux solution (on intel).
>
> I need to setup a lab and prove to them that Linux will outperform
> NT/W2K on the same hardware...
At work, we use RadView WebLoad internally in our offices for benchmarking
our web systems. Sadly, this is a commercial product, and it only runs on
NT & Solaris/sparc.
You'll want to be careful with such tests anyway (We all remember mindcraft,
no? - fortunately 2.4 is out now and we're starting to catch up again) - I
suggest trying a lower cost of ownership & ease of administration/migration
approach [since Linux is closer to Solaris than NT/W2K is].
If they want to refuse Linux/i386 due to skript kiddies, then you might even
want to try pushing linux/ppc on the G3s and/or G4s (since pretty much all
of the exploits publically availible out there target ix86, not ppc or other
platforms).
C.
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