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Server Capability

by m0b1us
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hi
i have VPS and i host several domain in there. one of the questions that i have is i need to know my capability of my VPS if it can handles for numbers of visitor in internet. maybe the website will return error in 5000 request or 10.000 request. do you have some tools to check on it?
so i can plan on purchase another VPS to extend the services. thanks
#capability #server #vps #website
  • Profile picture of the author Quentin
    Rather than buy another VPS you can build in some redundancy by using something like Amazon S# to extend your functionality.

    So big files like downloads or videos can be delivered from S3 thereby freeing up resources on your server.

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    • Profile picture of the author m0b1us
      Originally Posted by Quentin View Post

      Rather than buy another VPS you can build in some redundancy by using something like Amazon S# to extend your functionality.

      So big files like downloads or videos can be delivered from S3 thereby freeing up resources on your server.

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      thanks for the advise. consider to move Amazon if have big traffic
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  • Profile picture of the author kilgore
    Originally Posted by m0b1us View Post

    do you have some tools to check on it?
    so i can plan on purchase another VPS to extend the services.
    What you're looking for is load testing. If you google that, you'll find a whole bunch of different products with different features and different technical requirements (it's impossible to recommend any particular solution without knowing more about your site and your technical capabilities).

    Obviously you shouldn't do any load testing on a production machine -- the whole point of load testing is to stress out your server so you know what it can handle. Instead, you'll want an identical machine (or as close to identical as you can get) that you can bombard with requests. Also, you should check with your host before you run anything like that or they may think you're being attacked if your HTTP requests suddenly spike.
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    • Profile picture of the author Discreetmarketer
      Originally Posted by kilgore View Post

      What you're looking for is load testing.
      This.

      You can try Loadimpact for free, but only for 50 concurrent users. Same for Blazemeter.

      Load testing is big business, so be prepared to invest quite a lot of money to test that.

      Alternatively, you can choose a provider that allows for quick, better hardware scalability.
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      I've been with MANY web hosting companies
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