Too Shallow
Most of this book is a high level introduction to various Microsoft tools (ACT, perfmon, netmon, IIS sever logs, ASP.NET tracing, SQL Server query analyzer, SQL Server profiler) and a little coverage of Compuware's tools. There are 2 chapters on performance prediction: one covering extrapolation (known as TCA) and one covering modeling (Indy).
The problems this book attempts to address are not easy; solving them requires a lot more than a tools overview. The chapter on extrapolation is misleading, implying that you can focus on a single metric, and not explaining prediction involving multiple metrics. The chapter on modeling is very unsatisfactory: they show off this cool looking tool (Indy) but never explain where to get it from.
The only but Best Book I have seen
This is the First book that discuss testing web application using Microsoft ACT (which I find not the best testing tool, see Astra Load Test, it is perfect).
the book will divide the testing to phases and tiers, for example it dicusses how to optimized and find bottle neck in web tier (ASP.net Code), managed code and SQL server.I didn't find anther book that discuss "Stress Testing ASP.net" application.
The will tell you how the found the "Memory Leakage" and they will tell you their exprience in finding problems with web sites.
If you r intented to "know" how to stress test you application, buy this book now
Good, but not great
I had pretty high hopes for this book and was therefore a bit disappointed. The book focused heavily on several testing suites (ACT, Application Expert, Indy) which good from the standpoint of learning about the tools that are out there. Of course, it's not terribly useful if you can't get your hands on those suites.The parts of the book that focused on non-application specific performance testing concepts were generally weak and didn't go into enough detail. It would have been nice to see some of the testing documentation that the book refers to, but no such luck.
One thing I found particularly annoying was in the description of the various Performance Monitor objects. The various descriptions offered in the book were EXACTLY the same as the text that is produced by clicking on the "explain" button in the "Add Counters" dialog of perfmon.
With that said, the book is cheap and a quick read. It's probably worth buying, but don't get your hopes up that you'll be doing any serious performance testing after reading it.
Great Approach and Tips For Performance Testing
Although I have not read this book extensively, I have still found sound advice in its pages. This book is a great guide to anyone who wishes to learn more about, or conduct Performance Testing. From Bottle necks to security, this books covers a broad range of subjects. For a reliable source of testing information, directed towards web applications and more, refer to this book. Thank you.
Good Practical Advice on Load Testing using ACT
This books contains information about using ACT that I couldn't find in other documentation. It also contains practical advice for how to structure load tests and how to troubleshoot performance bottlenecks.
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