Using JMeter to test performance of Drupal with authenticated users

JMeter, performance, testing

Tobby :

When building a site in Drupal (or any content management system, really), there are often concerns about how the site will perform. It's fairly easy to take measures to reduce the impact of anonymous traffic on server resources (cacheing, using CDNs, etc). However, much of what Drupal offers is the ability for users to interact with the site far beyond that of a traditional static site. So now you have a complete site built, and you're sure it can handle your anonymous traffic, and you want to test how well your site will perform when users log in and start doing things (such as leaving comments).

Posted 05/07/2010 - 10:42

HOWTO: Install PECL APC Cache with XAMPP on Linux

alternative php cache, apc, drupal, performance, php, scalability

Irakli:

Alternative PHP Cache (APC) is an op-code pre-compiler and a cache system that can boost the performance of a PHP application up to 10 times. Op-code caches are very effective for a Drupal website, since Drupal deals with large number of source files and time spent in parsing them significantly affects performance. The following blog post explains how to install APC in a XAMPP environment.

Posted 03/13/2008 - 12:34 // 3 comments