Stress Testing an Apache Application Server in a Real World Environment (Linux Journal)

[Posted September 22, 2003 by ris]

Linux Journal present a howto article on stress testing Apache. "We've all had an experience in which the software is installed on the servers, the network is connected and the application is running. Naturally, the next step is to think, "I wonder how much traffic this system can support?" Sometimes the question lingers and sometimes it passes, but it always presents itself. So, how do we figure out how much traffic our server and application can handle? Can it handle only a few active clients or can it withstand a proper Slashdotting?

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