[ale] Need to load test on some world class server hardware.

[brian at polibyte.com (Brian Pitts)]

Mike Harrison wrote:
> I need to test some things on hardware I can't yet afford.
> 
> Anyone got some high end server hardware (running LAMP)
> that they would abuse for a little while for a reasonable fee?
> 
> I've got some scripts to create a MySQL database and table,
> and a PHP script (runs at command line, not web)
> that creates inserts.. on my dual CPU 2gb of ram IDE HD
> test boxen here I can get 2k to 7k inserts per second.
> (It slows down as it gets bigger)..
> 
> I'm looking for a dual quad core system with 32gb+ of ram, etc..
> (or better) and need to know how it behaves under load...
> 

Have you considered testing on an Extra Large or High-CPU Extra Large
EC2 instance?

http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/

-Brian