Follow along with this three-part series as Mike Pennisi shows you how to stress-test your Node.js application. In part two, Mike walks you through how to properly configure Amazon Web Services for testing. Watch Preparing a Server, then follow up with Running the Simulation

Checkout Mike’s realtime Node.js blog posts on building a server, stress testing procedure, and analysis.

Tools:

• Bees with Machine Guns
• htop – install with sudo apt-get install htop
• sar – install with sudo apt-get install sysstat