Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Website scaling: how to scale the Web and data layers

Load testing should be part and parcel of every Web development effort, and it should be performed early in the process. However, if you think you can load test using your development environment, you're going to have some surprises when you go live. In this article, the authors outline the process of planning your load testing effort, considering which machines to use, how many users to simulate, which tools are right for you, and how to interpret your results.
You're wrapping up a six-month development effort on a complex Internet application or Web Service and you're getting ready to deploy it. The development team was meticulous in its design of a loosely coupled, n-tier Web application. All the necessary ingredients for a scalable, stable, high-performance application were carefully built into the system architecture from day one. The QA team has thoroughly tested your................
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