Comments on: A Comparison of Open Source Load Testing Tools http://www.jds.net.au/tech-tips/load-testing-tool-comparison/ Expert consulting services with HP Software Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:08:25 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Decent http://www.jds.net.au/tech-tips/load-testing-tool-comparison/#comment-13012 Decent Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:21:52 +0000 http://www.jds.net.au/?p=2276#comment-13012 great work. but i think you should compare these at same page. there should be separate page for each comparison. referring is not good job to understand it better great work. but i think you should compare these at same page. there should be separate page for each comparison. referring is not good job to understand it better

]]> By: Robert Iakobashvili http://www.jds.net.au/tech-tips/load-testing-tool-comparison/#comment-9374 Robert Iakobashvili Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:31:59 +0000 http://www.jds.net.au/?p=2276#comment-9374 Hi, I think, that you are very incorrect, referring to curl-loader as to a "dumb" tool. People are loading by very very complex scenario, including dynamic URLs, URLs based on responses, various authentications, etc You can get more info from the tool README and also (less updated) FAQ page: http://curl-loader.sourceforge.net/doc/faq.html Hi,

I think, that you are very incorrect, referring to curl-loader as to a “dumb” tool.

People are loading by very very complex scenario, including dynamic URLs, URLs based on responses, various authentications, etc

You can get more info from the tool README and also (less updated) FAQ page:

http://curl-loader.sourceforge.net/doc/faq.html

]]> By: Stuart Moncrieff http://www.jds.net.au/tech-tips/load-testing-tool-comparison/#comment-9292 Stuart Moncrieff Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:01:52 +0000 http://www.jds.net.au/?p=2276#comment-9292 Antony Marcano, who runs Testing Reflections (which aggregates various testing blogs), wrote <a href="" rel="nofollow">OpenSTA, the free performance testing tool, versus the big-guns...</a> in 2004, which is still an interesting read. Also, check out this large list of <a href="http://www.opensourcetesting.org/performance.php" rel="nofollow">Open Source Performance Testing Tools</a> (most of which are useless). This Linux.com article on <a href="http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/143896" rel="nofollow">Using free software for HTTP load testing</a> covers some of the "dumb" load testing tools - curl-loader, httperf (released free by HP labs), Siege, and Tsung (formerly known as IDX-Tsunami). Antony Marcano, who runs Testing Reflections (which aggregates various testing blogs), wrote OpenSTA, the free performance testing tool, versus the big-guns… in 2004, which is still an interesting read.

Also, check out this large list of Open Source Performance Testing Tools (most of which are useless).

This Linux.com article on Using free software for HTTP load testing covers some of the “dumb” load testing tools – curl-loader, httperf (released free by HP labs), Siege, and Tsung (formerly known as IDX-Tsunami).

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