[LRUG] Load testing a rails app

[Andy Callaghan]

I can second using blitz.io alongside NewRelic for logging the madness.

Andy.

On 1 May 2012 10:55, Erin Staniland <erin at withassociates.com> wrote:

> Hi Hamza
>
> I've used Blitz[1] for load testing single urls with some success.
>
> 1. http://blitz.io
>
> Erin
>
>
>
> On 1 May 2012, at 10:16, Hamza Khan-Cheema wrote:
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > Just a quick question on what tools people use to load test their Rails
> apps?
> >
> > I have used JMeter in the past and I am not very impressed with it (have
> you tried to undo a command with it?).  One problem I had with it which is
> a show stopper is that it can't rerun the same test to compare the results
> if you are using the random selectors in JMeter.  The idea is that you want
> it to randomly select which link to click on and which path to take then
> record that and retest with the random path.  That way when you make a
> change you can be sure that it is random and that it had a effect or not.
>  I have briefly looked at httperf by HP.  Has anyone had any success in
> using this or other tools?  I know there are web apps out there, but I
> would like a tool we can use internally.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Kind Regards
> > Hamza Khan-Cheema
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