siege - if you have time but not money -
http://www.joedog.org/index/siege-manual
Soasta - if you have money but not time - http://soasta.com
Cheers,
m
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 7:54 PM, Raphael Lee
<raphael.t.lee-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> So I''ve been working on a project for a while with some friends,
and we''re
> getting ready to launch the beta.
>
> I''ve never built a website on this scale, especially not in Rails,
and in
> the two weeks I have to prepare I need to figure out how to predict and
> optimize for when traffic (hopefully) hits.
>
> What sort of tools are commonly used for load testing and analytics? How
> can I predict what I''ll need in two weeks, and what should I do
then if
> we''re lucky enough to be pounded by traffic? How much traffic do
you think
> a 256MB Slicehost slice with Passenger behind Apache could support? Should
> I use Rails''s built-in caching?
>
> Thanks! Any advice, even if anecdotal, is welcome.
> Raph
>
> >
>
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