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**'''Unless you're stress-testing (in which case, please let IT/NetOps know ahead of time), then set the throttle to 3 or 4'''
**'''Unless you're stress-testing (in which case, please let IT/NetOps know ahead of time), then set the throttle to 3 or 4'''
== [http://www.joedog.org/index/siege-home Siege] ==
== [http://www.joedog.org/index/siege-home Siege] ==
= References =
* [http://www.opensourcetesting.org/performance.php Open Source Testing's great page on tools]

Revision as of 18:59, 26 May 2011

Strategy / Approaches / Considerations

Tools

Apache Bench

JMeter

  • Uses/pros:
    • POSTing repeated and/or random input to a website/application
  • Cons:
    • Doesn't do JavaScript on its own (or at all? Just via JSON)
  • Sample scripts:
    • .
    • .

NetSparker Community Edition

  • Uses/pros:
    • Fuzz-testing (first and foremost)
    • Server stress-testing (up to 200requests/second)
  • Cons:
    • Community Edition doesn't do authenticated sessions
  • Caveat:
    • Unless you're stress-testing (in which case, please let IT/NetOps know ahead of time), then set the throttle to 3 or 4

Siege

References