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load test / stress test web services [closed]

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Does anyone know of a good tool to test load and stress on webservices? I've been looking at Watir and Selenium, but there more web page centered.

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Alonso Avatar asked Dec 09 '08 06:12

Alonso


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Here are some common load testing tools:

  • HTTP_Load
  • Apache JMeter
  • Grinder
  • HTTPperf
  • AB
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Ryan Doherty Avatar answered Oct 16 '22 08:10

Ryan Doherty