Web Hosting Strength Checking

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by Waekai, Sep 2, 2010.

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    How do I check the strength of Web Hosting to make sure that my website wouldn't go down because of RAM or CPU Overloading?
    Also the Upload speed of the Web Hosting?
     
    Waekai, Sep 2, 2010 IP
  2. TheMegaIdiot

    TheMegaIdiot Peon

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    Hello,

    I am not sure what you are trying to do here. Can you explain further?

    Jack.
     
    TheMegaIdiot, Sep 3, 2010 IP
  3. MirVB

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    I would suggest http://loadimpact.com/. Be careful though, your host host might suspend your account because it generates a lot of load.
     
    MirVB, Sep 3, 2010 IP
  4. jeffatrackaid

    jeffatrackaid Active Member

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    What you are requesting is more commonly known as "load testing". There are many load testing tools. If you are in shared hosting, I do not recommend you do load testing. As MirVB mentions, it could get your account suspended. If you have a VPS, I would inquire before load testing. If you have a dedicated server, then you should not have an TOS/AUP issues.

    There are many vendors in this space. I've found http://www.loadstorm.com/ and similar companies to be very good in this regard.

    If you are in shared hosting, I would not bother with testing. The issue is not just your site but any site on the server. Your results can be very mis-leading if you don't have a good sense of the over all environment.

    A few other vendors include:
    http://browsermob.com/performance-testing
    http://www.soasta.com/?gclid=CMeJ0-n_66MCFQ5C2godCVIM2g
    http://www.dotcom-monitor.com/

    I recently did a round up on server monitoring from the cloud. Many of these vendors also have load testing procedures.

    Also, load testing need not cost. There is always the free Apache Bench.
     
    jeffatrackaid, Sep 3, 2010 IP