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Tools for Stress Testing Websites?

Posted by Cliff on from the breaking-things-in-a-controlled-environment dept.

rickindy asks: "What do you usedfor web site load testing tools? Open source or commercial is fine, but my employer it hosting a boatload of sites, and we would like to find the breaking point for the server at some time other than 3:00am."

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  1. The best way to stresstest a website... by fod · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... is to place a link to the page on the Slashdot frontpage. It's opensource too!

  2. Maybe this will help? by hhe_hee · · Score: 4, Informative

    I think this link can be helpful for you, it provides a huge list of web test tools. They are organized in categories for which sort of test one would like to perform. They also have a FAQ which answers several questions about how sites can be tested, and it also points out what things you should think about, like; what are the expected loads, who is the target audience, what kind of performance is expected on the client side, and so on.

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