[LRUG] e-petitions site

[Riccardo Tacconi]

Hi

You can use httperf or Apache ab:

http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/linux/httperf/
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/programs/ab.html (usually installed with
the Apache Package)

Using a cloud environment where servers could be increased depending on load
could be good, but I am not sure what tool to suggest to do the automatic
scaling.


On 5 August 2011 10:17, James Cumming <james.cumming at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi All
>
> Newspapers this morning report that the e-petitions site crashed on launch,
> due to high volume (1,000 visitors a minute registering proposals) . Just
> wondering if it would be worth while investigating this further as to why
> this happened and how to avoid something like this happening in future RoR
> projects.
>
> What's the best to test a site for high volume?
>
> Cheers
>
> *James Cumming, CFA*
>
>
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