This week's .NET e-newsletter discusses testing your ASP.NET application with Microsoft's Application Center Test (ACT). How do you stress test your Web server? Do you think you'll use ACT to test your app? If you currently use ACT, please let us know what you think of it. Share your comments about stress testing.
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I'm often testing large Java-Applications.I need to execute a test on a strong Solaris Server with big CPU Power because you can't simulate a 400 concurrent user on a PC. Therefore i use the programm http://www.proxy-sniffer.com which was developed by a friend of mine. Try the free demo version and stress your servers!
ACT is a suitable tool for developers to run quick-and-dirty stress tests on their web code, but it is lacking several critical features to be used for anything more than that. Unfortunately, in my experience, the simple tests for which it is capable are insufficient to discover actual performance problems as they are often a result of several bits of code competing for the same resources (generally in the database).
For enterprise class load testing, one is forced to spend a great deal of money on full-featured load test tools.
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Testing your ASP.NET application
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