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Test the resistance to the load on your hosting server
18/06/10
Hello everyone!
If you develop occasional web sites, be it in a professional or not, you've probably wondered how your site would react in the event a growing success!
But it is very difficult to realize, with only estimates of the impact that could have a large number of simultaneous requests from multiple users ...
So today I wish you a tool but very stupid practice that will allow you to test for resistance to the load on your site!
Called Load Impact , this site runs a test simulating a gradual connection and interaction of multiple users on your site. Very simple to use, you will not be asked to indicate the URL of your site and their application will do the rest.
Coded in AJAX, the interface of statistics displays test results in real time allowing you to have control over what happens at any time.
Moreover, the stats generated by this test are rather detailed, in fact you will be able to view the loading time of your site based on the number of users, the use of bandwidth etc. ...
Made since the servers set up by Impact Load , these tests do not impact your personal bandwidth!
Exists in several versions, these tests are free for simultaneous connection up to 50 users. Beyond this limit you will pay $ 9 for a test up to 5000 connections.
You can also access unlimited version, but in this case you will be asked to make direct contact with the creator of this solution.
Very handy and very interesting, this solution will enable you to find out if your current hosting bear a heavy load of users and queries.
However, some precautions must be taken!
While this tool is very simple to use, it is no less demanding in terms of hardware support for your accommodation. This is why I recommend in all cases to make a backup of your data before performing this test (even if you do not risk anything, you can never be too careful), as well as the launch at a time or your site is not much visited, in order to avoid load times too long for the real visitors ...
I hope this service will come in handy!
Have Fun!
Website: http://loadimpact.com/index.php
Host your Ruby on Rails applications on the Cloud
20/05/10
Hello everyone!
I do not think anyone will contradict me if I told you that cloud computing appears increasingly as the future of the hosting application, and I quite agree with this idea.
So today I want to introduce you to a fully dedicated to Cloud application hosting Ruby on Rails.
Called Heroku , this site offers you simply deploy your Ruby on Rails applications are what what in a cloud very powerful!
You benefit from a shelter stable, powerful and above all fully optimized for Ruby on Rails environment.
Providing you with services such as Reverse Proxy, HTTP cache or replication database, this service allows you to deploy your projects without you care about server load.
Indeed, if this service is called cloud computing, it is mainly because it offers simply increase or decrease your material needs on the fly!
This solution certainly pay, also offers a free version that entitles you to a web space and a database to 5MB in production.
In summary, Heroku may prove to be a very good compromise for developers with little experience in the field of system administration, but also a very powerful tool for deploying hardware intensive applications.
I invite you to go for a ride on the official website for more detailed information about this service.
Have Fun!
Website: http://heroku.com/
Move to Cloud Computing with Amazon S3
05/05/10
Hello everyone!
If you follow me on Twitter , you may have seen that I am very interested now to cloud services offered by Amazon.
Today I want to press one of them in particular, Amazon S3 (Amazon Simple Storage Service) !
This service offers just a storage space outsourced to an unlimited amount!
But then what's the point of service rather than just web hosting?
The whole point of this solution lies in the fact that you use this storage space as you want. Indeed you are quite possible to use it as a mere filing of the image files to an FTP server, but also to outsource your backups for example, or to dedicate a storage space for data your websites!
As you can see that service is very versatile, but what's more, it is also very powerful!
As you skip through the servers of Amazon, the bandwidth performance is just awesome! Allowing you to separate such part system and the data part of your websites, to save the performance of your web hosting server, all without loss of performance ...
In short, you'll understand the possibilities are endless ...
But who is this service?
Amazon S3 is intended primarily for developers, because with a powerful API accessible from any programming language, you will develop your ideas limitless.
But this service can also be of interest to administrators see the same individuals! Indeed, it is quite possible to perform its backups, use it as a space-like FTP, or simply as a network hard drive space by mounting your Amazon S3 on your system.
This service must surely be very expensive!?
Well NO! This is precisely one of the big highlight of this service! Amazon S3 is an on-demand service, which means you only pay for what you use! And rest assured you are more than affordable prices! You might find out details HERE .
But how do I use it?
Well why you have two solutions, either you are a developer and you contact your area via the API, or you use software to work with graphically this storage space.
For the latter option, you will quickly find that many programs exist, but are often paid! This is why I have selected two very complete and totally free!
The first is software for windows called Cloud Berry Lab for Amazon S3 , the second is simply a Firefox addon called S3 Organizer that allows you to perform most basic operations.
In short, Amazon S3 is a storage service outsourced to multiple possibilities available to everyone, as the price for its use, most of these performances are worthy of what we expect from a cloud.
You have probably guessed, I'm hooked! So I hope you too!
Have Fun!
Site & Info: http://aws.amazon.com/s3/
