--- Skip Hollowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's getting pretty close to that magical time, production day. > > So I am starting to get a little anxious about what kind of limits my > Struts 2 app will run up against. Is there any good way to determine > what kind of user load I will start maxing out with? Is there an open > source load test tool for webapps that you all might recommend. > Something that I can use to simulate hundreds of signed in users at the > same time? I'm just more curious what has worked for you all before I > try a couple of things here. Right now we are slated to run 2 servers, > each with 1 instance of tomcat, and some basic load balancing down to > divvy up requests to the separate machines.
I've used JMeter [1] pretty extensively and Grinder [2] has also been recommended to me, but I haven't used it. As to what you'll "max out" with that is incredibly application-dependent. I hope it's not *really* close to launch, though... load testing is not something that should be put off. Dave [1] http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/ [2] http://grinder.sourceforge.net/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
