not necessarily a test lab setup, but something that sits on a client machine, pulls down some static content, at regular intervals and then report on the performance. what I am trying to do is simulate the client experience so to speak. cheers Ivan On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Amos Jeffries <squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ivan . wrote: >> >> thanks >> >> What am I looking for is something more along these lines. >> >> >> http://www.webperformanceinc.com/library/files/proxy_server_performance.pdf >> >> >> cheers >> Ivan > > Oh. > > That paper describes requirements for a lab test. The good test software; > polygraph etc, have not changed AFAIK so go with those mentioned if you want > to. > > What your initial email seemed to describe was for monitoring live > production installation performance. > > Be aware these are very different. Throwing lab data at a production server > to a real remote web service is a very quick way to get yourself a huge > bandwidth bill and annoyed phone calls. > > Amos > > >> >> On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Amos Jeffries <squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>> >>> Ivan . wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> I recently implemented a new proxy system. I am looking at doing is >>>> setting a periodical test that >>>> goes out to the Internet, pull some content down and record the >>>> relevant metrics. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> PC------------>Proxy----------->FW------------------>Internet---------------->Site-with-content >>>> >>>> >>>> Some sort of scheduled process on a PC, that pulls down some static >>>> content from the same website, which is repeatable. The application >>>> would then record metrics such as speed, time taken to download the >>>> static content and log that. >>>> >>> Squid native access.log contains transfer duration and size metrics. >>> Some other options not in the default format provide additional metrics >>> if >>> you need them. >>> See http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/logformat/ for a lit of log >>> metrics. >>> >>> Otherwise the SNMP counters can be used, but they do not go down as fine >>> grained as indvidual requests. >>> >>> Amos >>> -- >>> Please be using >>> Current Stable Squid 2.7.STABLE9 or 3.1.1 >>> > > > -- > Please be using > Current Stable Squid 2.7.STABLE9 or 3.1.1 >
