Load Testing

Tips for selecting appropriate tools

Quickly analyze protocol and identify potential weak spots Examples needed
Determine what tools can deal with these weak spots or what time you will need to deal with them yourself
Select the cheapest "good enough" tool

Tips for speeding-up the load testing process Two ways - 1) move final test to earlier date; 2) minimize work amount - these can conflict.

Start configuring monitors as early as possible
Try to quickly create all scripts to see how much time it will take to implement them

What cannot give sophisticated results and takes more time to analyze results

Areas where problems usually appear when creating load test scripts (possibly break out tool-specific problems)