Testing my Server for Traffic Spikes?

Question

Is there a service I can use to test the reliability of my server? I need to check if my server can handle a large traffic spike.

// Server info:

Server runs Nginx 0.7.65 on CentOS 5.3, serving only static files.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 18 '10 at 05:23

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number of load tools like ab - apache for apache. same can be used for IIS. just google it you will find alot :)

answered Feb 18 '10 at 05:23

Adeel

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I'm running nginx, I added it to the description. – Feb 18 '10 at 05:26
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@Marco, ab will work fine running against nginx – gnibbler Feb 18 '10 at 05:40

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 18 '10 at 06:16

Freshmeat.com is another place to search for load tools.

Note that you will want to test both continuous load capacity, and the ability to handle and recover from spikes. Sudden increases in traffic (even if that peak is below the continuous load max) can cause your server to fall over and not recover.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 26 '10 at 15:08

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You could use JMeter to put a load on your server and see how it performs.

http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/

answered Mar 26 '10 at 15:08

Brian Showalter

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 26 '10 at 15:15

I've been following a project call multi-mechanize for load testing. They have some instructions on getting it running in rackspace's cloud. Since the rackspace cloud is pay for what you use you can launch an instance or a few instances that has high bandwidth and run a realistic test against your server without breaking the bank.

Testing my Server for Traffic Spikes?

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