Testing Applications with Stress Tools

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 with SP1

If Web applications are an important part of your site, the performance of those applications is critical in determining the capacity of the site. In turn, testing is the only way to find out the capacity and performance of a Web application.

If you are unfamiliar with stress testing or need a refresher, look at the following sections:

  • Measuring performance by using a stress client. Provides an introduction to performing stress testing.

  • Using WCAT as a stress client. Details how to obtain the WCAT tool and its documentation. WCAT is a stress client provided in the IIS 6.0 Resource Kit Tools.

  • Estimating baseline performance for applications. Compares the relative performance capabilities of specific application types to help you proactively develop applications that provide optimal performance.