Hi Ryan,
Thank you a lot for such detailed reply!
Could you please extend it with the information about the used hardware? (CPU, memory, OS, disk type (SSD, disk array, ...), maybe motherboard/chipset, etc that is relevant) Was you able to simulate 1.5k VUs on the single system or used distributed system?
This information can be useful to be able to make an initial estimations about hardware requirements and possible expectations for this or that planned load test.
StaffHi Alex,
The process I outlined in my post was intended to be a guide for how you might approach stress testing. My own test conditions are unrealistic, as I used LoadComplete to test a locally hosted application, so network was not a consideration. As such, I was generating the load and hosting the app on the same machine (a laptop — Intel i7-3540M 3.0GHz, 8GB RAM, SSD — with an ASP.NET app hosted on IIS 7.5). I was actually surprised this environment could handle as much load as it did.
Hope this helps.
