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Re: [hobbit] randomizing execution of tests
- To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
- Subject: Re: [hobbit] randomizing execution of tests
- From: Larry Barber <lebarber (at) gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 23:09:12 -0600
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- References: <12177AF3-E15B-43E3-81FD-3BA1F805C764 (at) ginch.org>
You can also stretch out your testing interval by limiting the concurrency
in bbtest-net. See the man page for the exact syntax.
Thanks,
Larry Barber
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 11:25 AM, David Paper <hobbit (at) ginch.org> wrote:
> Greetings hobbit gurus [0],
>
> While I am still trying to search my way to an answer via the archives of
> this list and google, I'm hoping someone could point me in the right
> direction.
>
> I've got a bb-hosts file with 8 server process instances getting tested.
> Each instance gets tested with 3 HTTP requests (2 GET, 1 POST). All 8
> server processes live on the same physical OS instance. This results in 24
> HTTP requests getting sent from hobbit within 1/100th of a second. This
> causes the load on the host to spike, and generates contention w/in each
> server to satisfy the requests. This same setup is repeated for hundreds of
> hosts and hundreds of processes.
>
> Is there a way to tell hobbit to take all of the entries in bb-hosts and
> test them in a random order w/in the 1 minute testing interval? This would
> end up staggering the arrival of each HTTP test somewhat and lessen
> contention within each HTTP server and on each host.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -dave
>
> [0] Of which I am not, but ... maybe one day.
>
> --
> Dave Paper
>
> MCSE is to computers as McDonalds Certified Chef is to fine cuisine.
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