NetSplat and WebCat2

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 11657
interpreted = N
texte = Hi all,I've been setting up my server(PwrMac 7100/66) and WebCat2 site and decided to try some simulated traffic with Maxum's NetSplat. NetSplat is a small application that can simulate web client loads of more than 2500 connections per minute. (Like I'm going to get that many.) I set the client load to 60 with random delays of no more than 1 second between requests. I set WebSTAR (it has 50mbs of RAM assigned to it) to a max 25 connections. The page requests in the test, included one large GIF, one small, one straight HTML page, and one .tmpl page that generates a new cart. These are randomly requested. I started the simulation and the server churned along great. Then I logged on and started to cruise the site during the test. It delivered pages a little slower than I had been seeing but not much. Then I hit the WebCat2 search .tmpl pages, I could see the server completely stop serving the other simulated requests. I assume, the CPU was dedicated solely to WebCat at that point. Then when the search was complete, the server resumed sending pages. Back on my browser I awaited the search results. What I got was a partial page. I tried my search again, and got another partial page. I went back to WebSTAR and lowered the max connections to 9 and ran the same NetSplat configuration with much more success but still occasionally got a partial page from a search request.My questions, for those who have gone before, is this...Is NetSplat a worthy indicator of high traffic problems? Is 60 clients requesting pages every half second or so heavy traffic? Is this a fair test for WebCat searches? And why the partial pages? Why not just a server busy try back later? -- Eddie Schrieffer The Creative Edge Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: NetSplat and WebCat2 (bob 1997)
  2. Re: NetSplat and WebCat2 (grichter@panavise.com (Gary Richter) 1997)
  3. Re: NetSplat and WebCat2 (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  4. NetSplat and WebCat2 (Eddie Schrieffer 1997)
Hi all,I've been setting up my server(PwrMac 7100/66) and WebCat2 site and decided to try some simulated traffic with Maxum's NetSplat. NetSplat is a small application that can simulate web client loads of more than 2500 connections per minute. (Like I'm going to get that many.) I set the client load to 60 with random delays of no more than 1 second between requests. I set WebSTAR (it has 50mbs of RAM assigned to it) to a max 25 connections. The page requests in the test, included one large GIF, one small, one straight HTML page, and one .tmpl page that generates a new cart. These are randomly requested. I started the simulation and the server churned along great. Then I logged on and started to cruise the site during the test. It delivered pages a little slower than I had been seeing but not much. Then I hit the WebCat2 search .tmpl pages, I could see the server completely stop serving the other simulated requests. I assume, the CPU was dedicated solely to WebCat at that point. Then when the search was complete, the server resumed sending pages. Back on my browser I awaited the search results. What I got was a partial page. I tried my search again, and got another partial page. I went back to WebSTAR and lowered the max connections to 9 and ran the same NetSplat configuration with much more success but still occasionally got a partial page from a search request.My questions, for those who have gone before, is this...Is NetSplat a worthy indicator of high traffic problems? Is 60 clients requesting pages every half second or so heavy traffic? Is this a fair test for WebCat searches? And why the partial pages? Why not just a server busy try back later? -- Eddie Schrieffer The Creative Edge Eddie Schrieffer

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