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cvs commit: modperl-docs/src/download third_party.pod
perrin 2004/07/03 20:51:41
Modified: src/docs/1.0/guide performance.pod
src/download third_party.pod
Log:
Added notes on Flood and Webstone benchmarking tools
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It's available from CPAN.
+=item * C<Webstone>
+
+This tool is somewhat complex to set up, but once you get it running
+it gives you stats that you could only duplicate with ab or http_load
+if you did quite a bit of extra scripting around them. It also allows
+multiple client machines to be used for providing heavy loads. This tool
+is useful if you need to know things like at what point people start
+finding your sight slow, as opposed to at what point the server becomes
+unresponsive.
+
+L<Webstone download|download::third_party/Webstone____another_webserver_Benchmarking_tool>
+
+=item * C<Flood>
+
+Flood is a load-tester being developed through the Apache Software
+Foundation. From the Flood FAQ:
+
+"Flood is a profile-driven HTTP load tester. In layman's terms, it means
+that flood is capable of generating large amounts of web traffic.
+Flood's flexibility and power arises in its configuration syntax.
+It is able to work well with dynamic content."
+
+L<Flood download|download::third_party/Flood____another_webserver_Benchmarking_tool>
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http://www.acme.com/software/http_load/
+=head1 Webstone -- another webserver Benchmarking tool
+
+http://www.mindcraft.com/webstone/
+
+=head1 Flood -- another webserver Benchmarking tool
+
+http://httpd.apache.org/test/flood/
+
=head1 ab -- ApacheBench
ApacheBench comes with the Apache distribution.
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