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Contents
Welcome
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Welcome to Webserver Stress Tool (Freeware) ...................................................................i
Introduction: Testing Basics
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Why testing? ........................................................................................................................5
The Business View ................................................................................................ 5
The Technical View .............................................................................................. 6
Performance, Load, or Stress Testing? ................................................................................7
Performance Tests .................................................................................................7
Load Tests .............................................................................................................7
Stress Tests ............................................................................................................7
Ramp Tests ............................................................................................................8
Calculation of Load and Load Pattern .................................................................................8
For Existing Websites............................................................................................8
For New Websites .................................................................................................8
Playing With Numbers ..........................................................................................8
When Should I Start Performance Testing? .........................................................................9
Glossary ............................................................................................................................... 9
Webserver Stress Tool Features
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Key Features ...................................................................................................................... 11
How much load can Webserver Stress Tool generate? ...................................................... 11
Webserver Stress Tool can be used for various tests ......................................................... 11
Testing Elements ............................................................................................................... 12
Test results can be viewed as ............................................................................................. 12
Other Features .................................................................................................................... 13
Installation
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System-Requirements ........................................................................................................ 14
Installation/Deinstallation .................................................................................................. 14
Configuring Webserver Stress Tool
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Selecting the Test Type and the Number of Users ............................................................. 15
Test Type ............................................................................................................. 15
User Simulation ................................................................................................... 16
Project/Scenario Comments, Operator ................................................................ 17
Selecting the URLs or Editing the URL Script .................................................................. 17
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