Name                : WebStress
Version             : 2.2
Filename            : webstrs2.ZIP
FileDate            : 2/2/00
Status              : Shareware
Submitted By:       : Author
Installation Type   : 
Company/Author      : Dirk Paessler
E-Mail              : tools@paessler.com
Homepage            : www.paessler.com/tools
File Location       : http://www.paessler.com/download/webstress.zip
ScreenShot          : http://www.paessler.com/tools/WebStress/webstress.gif

Description         :
WebStress simulates the traffic generated by a large number of 
simultaneous or sequential web users to a web server. This enables an 
administrator to test the ability of a server to handle various loads 
and capacities.

WebStress performs benchmarks on ASPs, CGIs, etc. and calculates the 
request times. It can handle proxies, passwords, user agents, cookies 
and ASP-session IDs.

It shows all data of the request (browserview, 
html-source/-header/-data) and determines average request times and 
kb/sec rates. Results are illustrated through graphs generated by the 
software.

WebStress has received a five-out-of-five star rating from ZDNet and a 
four-skull rating at Andover Slaughterhouse.

WebStress is used by companies like Intel, Lotus, HP, Dell, CNET, 
Compaq, Lucent, MIT, National Wildlife Federation, National Weather 
Service, JFax, Associated Press  and many others around the world.

Simply enter URL, number of requests and runs. Now see your webserver 
work under stress. 

- Performs benchmarks on your ASPs, CGIs etc. with built in calculation 
of request times. 
- Includes settings for proxies, passwords and useragent 
- Handles Cookies and ASP-Session-IDs 
- Shows browserview, html-source, http-headers and http-data. 
- Calculates average request times and kb/sec and shows results in a 
nice graph 
  
 
What WebStress can do for you: 

- Keep 100% constant load on your webservers, CGIs, ISAPIs etc. 
- generate one request every 10 minutes 
- or constantly generate 20 simultaneous requests or .... 
- benchmark your scripts 
- works on any URL 
- optional proxy support 
- optional username/password setting 
- optional user-agent selection 
- optional preservation of cookies and ASP-session-IDs during runs 
- display of http headers or data 
- logfile for later reference 
- graphs of request times 
- requested HTML-page is shown in browser control and in source view 
    
Reviews:

ZD-NET: 5-star-rating!! 

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WebStress is shareware ($30). Registration can be done at:
http://www.shareit.com/programs/102386.htm 

(payment is possible by secure online credit card, by phone, 
fax, mail, cheque, euro-cheque, wire, cash)


History:

Version 2.2 (Feb 2000) 

New: detailed data of redirections in the logfile 
Minor Bugfixes 

Version 2.0 (Aug 1999) 

New: For every request more data can be viewed 
  Browserview of the requested HTML-data (using IE browser-control) 
  Source of the requested HTML-data 
  HTTP-headers 
  webstress log 
  webstress graph 
New: Webstress now supports redirects 
New: 3d-graphs 
Bugfixes 

Version 1.2 (Dec 7th, 1998) 

New: cookie-support: now stores all cookies during first run and reuses 
them on all other runs (when used in simultaneous mode) 
New: useragent string presented to the server can be freely edited 
New: More data is logged in the logfile 


Copyright  1998-2000 by
Dipl.-Ing. Dirk Paessler
Wilhelmshavener Str. 52a
D-90766 Fuerth
Germany

Homepage: http://www.paessler.com/tools



