Rails - Mar 2006 - load testing

hi,
does anyone have any pointers for load testing an app running on apache2 with
fastcgi?
I have an app running circa 3000 page requests per day, most of which are static
pre-cached files and fastcgi seems to be coping well so far (crosses fingers)
but I would like to be able to work out my server limit.

Currently I have the following in my apache conf:
FastCgiServer /var/rails/production/public/dispatch.fcgi -initial-env
RAILS_ENV=production -idle-timeout 120 -processes 1
but curiously this seems to spawn 2 processes, only one of which ever seems to
be used.

I suppose I just want to know what will happen on the days we spike, and
I''m not sure how fastcgi deals with that sort of thing. Any pointers
gratefully recieved.

thanks
dorian

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On 29/03/06, Dorian Mcfarland <loaf@isness.org>
wrote:
> hi,
> does anyone have any pointers for load testing an app running on apache2
with fastcgi?
> I have an app running circa 3000 page requests per day, most of which are
static pre-cached files and fastcgi seems to be coping well so far (crosses
fingers) but I would like to be able to work out my server limit.
>
> Currently I have the following in my apache conf:
> FastCgiServer /var/rails/production/public/dispatch.fcgi -initial-env
RAILS_ENV=production -idle-timeout 120 -processes 1
> but curiously this seems to spawn 2 processes, only one of which ever seems
to be used.
>
> I suppose I just want to know what will happen on the days we spike, and
I''m not sure how fastcgi deals with that sort of thing. Any pointers
gratefully recieved.
>
> thanks
> dorian
>
> --
> I do things for love or money
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