Tools for Performance Testing and Evaluation

The following Web sites contain workload simulation tools and other resources to help you test and evaluate the performance of an application.

Site Web address
RadView Software http://www.radview.com
Mercury Interactive Corporation http://www.merc-int.com
InetMonitor (http testing) http://www.microsoft.com/SiteServer/site/deployadmin/inetmonitor.htm
Homer http://homer.rte.microsoft.com
LoadSim (to stress test Exchange 5.5 servers) http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/55/downloads/loadsim.htm
Ziff-Davis NetBench® 6.0 (load generator to stress test file server I/O) http://www.zdnet.com/zdbop/netbench/netbench.html
TPC-C (benchmarks) http://www.tpc.org/home.page.html
BenchWeb http://www.netlib.org/benchweb
Systest Labs http://www.systest.com
Automated Testing Specialists http://www.sqa-test.com
Web Performance Center http://www.webperfcenter.com
ToastNet Performance Test http://www.toast.net/performance/index.html
PassMark Software Testing Systems http://www.passmark.com

Additional Information and References

For the latest information on BackOffice Server 4.5, see the World Wide Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/backofficeserver.