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Using Instant Server to Benchmark

I just heard about Instant Server (http://instantserver.io/) and immediately thought that it would provide a kick ass way to do some benchmark testing. Five minutes later, I had Apache Benchmark installed and was testing. Here’s how to set it up:

  1. Start a new server up.
    http://instantserver.io/
  2. Install Apache Utilities
    sudo apt-get install apache2-utils
  3. Start Benchmarking
    ab -n 100 -c 10 http://www.google.com/

One other tip, try bench marking something you know is fast (like google) first so that you can compare your results with a useful… uh… benchmark.

Oh, and in case you don’t know what the heck I’m talking about, you can learn more about Apache Benchmark here.

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Peter

Peter

I lead a fantastic team of WordPress developers building enterprise level WordPress systems. On occasion I have been known to speak at conferences on the topics of Freelancing, WordPress, and the meaning of life, though I tend to spend much of my performance energy on my music. Perhaps one day I will figure out how to merge the two without having to write songs about debugging Javascript.

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