Ask YC: What do you use to stress test your app/db?

Re:Ask YC: What do you use to stress test your app/db? by dmharrison on Sunday March 16, 2008 @05:57PM (#138454)

The grinder http://grinder.sourceforge.net/ (write your scripts in jython) for unit and nightly runs and for large scale testing on partners hardware HP (formerly mercury) Load Runner https://h10078.www1.hp.com/cda/hpms/display/main/hpms_conten...

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Re:Ask YC: What do you use to stress test your app/db? by nickb on Sunday March 16, 2008 @10:19PM (#138608)

How much does Load Runner cost? Thousands of $$?

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Re:Ask YC: What do you use to stress test your app/db? by dmharrison on Monday March 17, 2008 @03:28AM (#138767)

Yep, ridiculously expensive, grinder is good enough. In the enterprisey space where my day job is, load runner has a certain reputation (despite whether it deserves it or not). We found with the open source or cheaper tools (IBM rational tools included) under really high loads logging, measurements and the tools themselves got flaky. When you've got extremely limited time and hard deadlines in a hardware lab, time is the most precious commodity, so the cost can be worth it.

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