You have heard me or read me going on about load-testing and why it is vital.  This is another short blog post from me and really only consists of two sets of numbers.  Both are from a 400 concurrent vUser test before and after some recommended changes on a client application, not lab stuff.

The test results before the changes...

"Total Number of Clicks: 7,508 (1,759 Errors) - Average Click Time of all URLs: 18,306 ms - With Timeouts"

The test results after the changes...

"Total Number of Clicks: 28,214 (0 Errors) - Average Click Time of all URLs: 433 ms No Timeouts"

It was load-testing the code which enabled the client to find the problem and as you can see the difference is truly startling.   The client was on the road to moving off ColdFusion and the truth is CF can and does scale; rather well.

If you need any help establishing a load-test environment, contact us, we can help you.