On Jan 21, 2008 5:50 AM, Jochem Maas <jochem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ron Rademaker schreef: > > Jochem Maas wrote: > >> Ron Rademaker schreef: > >>> Hi Jochem, > >>> > >>> Apache comes with an nice ab tool which stands for apache > >>> benchmarking. You can use this to benchmark stuff like concurrent > >>> requests. > >> > >> indeed, I know ab, but it doesn't allow for a very realistic request > >> 'spread' > >> - at least as far as I know. > > Indeed it doesn't, but you appear to want to figure out what > > optimization works best. You don't need realistic spread for that, even > > more I think you shouldn't want realistic spread for that but something > > comparable instead. If anything, the result of ab are very useful for > > comparing results. > > hmm, you have a point - I guess I'll get stuck in. > > > >> > >> I was hoping for a bit more detailed info on mimicking real-world site > >> usage, > >> e.g. maybe using access logs as a source of url data? > >> > >>> > >>> Ron > >>> > >>> Jochem Maas wrote: > >>>> hi guys, > >>>> > >>>> I need to do some performance testing for a site of mine. > >>>> I want to compare performance of various combinations > >>>> of using APC, Squid, Apache/LightHTTPD mod_php/fastcgi. > >>>> > >>>> all very well I can build the various setups but I'm stuck as > >>>> to how to go about recreating realistic load on the machine in > >>>> question. > >>>> > >>>> I don't want to have to go out and buy some commercial software. > >>>> > >>>> STFW is making my head spin. > >>>> > >>>> Does anyone have any tips, urls, advice as to how to start > >>>> going about creating something like a 'test suite' for testing > >>>> high load performance of a website? > >>>> > >>>> TIA > >>>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Maybe look at http://www.acme.com/software/http_load/ You can configure a big text file of urls for it to hit randomly and such. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
