Measuring Network

Links on Network analysis

http://loadtest.com.au/types_of_tests/network_sensitivity_tests.htm 
http://www.webperformance.com/load-testing/reports/web_performance_baseline_report.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measuring_network_throughput#Reasons_for_measuring_throughput_in_networks
http://www.babinszki.com/Networking/

SQL Profiler and SQL Trace Analyzer

http://www.sqlsolutions.com/articles/articles/Diagnosing_Database_Performance_Problems_with_SQL_Profiler_and_Lakeside_SQL_Trace_Analyzer.htm

http://vyaskn.tripod.com/analyzing_profiler_output.htm

http://searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/tip/Using-SQL-Profiler-for-Analysis-Services-2005

http://main.xfusiondn.com/Contributions/SQLServer/A03090901.aspx

http://www.sqlteam.com/article/integrating-profiler-and-perfmon-log-files

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH124270

http://www.developer.com/tech/article.php/3490086/SQL-Profiler-Tips-and-Tricks.htm

GUID generation using JMeter

Use the below Java script to generate the GUID in JMeter:

MyGUIDScript=var chars = '0123456789abcdef'.split(''); var uuid = [], rnd =  Math.random, r; uuid[8] = uuid[13] = uuid[18] = uuid[23] = '-'; uuid[14]  = '4';  for (var i = 0; i < 36; i++) { if (!uuid[i]) {r = 0 | rnd()*16;  uuid[i] = chars[(i == 19) ? (r & 0x3) | 0x8 : r & 0xf]; } }; uuid.join('');

then use this to get the GUID
${__javaScript(${MyGUIDScript},GUID)}

JMeter Regular Expressions

http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-jmeter/RegularExpressions

http://kenning.co.nz/development/extracting-variables-using-regular-expressions-in-jmeter/

http://altentee.com/blogs/2008/jmeter-tips-and-tricks-correlating-with-regular-expressions/

http://jmeter-tips.blogspot.com/

TCP/IP Load Test

http://wiki.eclipse.org/Jetty/Howto/High_Load

http://www.erlang-solutions.com/thesis/tcp_optimisation/tcp_optimisation.html

http://serverfault.com/questions/112131/network-stress-test-tool

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms738545(v=vs.85).aspx

http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=53975

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc786128(WS.10).aspx

Others links
http://grinder.sourceforge.net/g3/tcpproxy.html
http://iperf.sourceforge.net/
https://sourceforge.net/projects/grinder/files/The%20Grinder%203/3.4/grinder-3.4.zip/download
https://sourceforge.net/projects/iperf/files/iperf-2.0.5.tar.gz/download

Traffic Generators

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/wndp/archive/2009/05/07/qos-traffic-generator-example-usage.aspx

http://www.protocoltesting.com/trgen.html

http://www.wikistc.org/wiki/Network_packet_generator

http://www.netscantools.com/nstpro_packet_generator.html

http://www.winpcap.org/misc/links.htm

http://www.sharewareconnection.com/titles/tcp-ip-traffic-generator.htm

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http://www.vcaa.com/tools/Evaluation%20of%20all%20Major%20tools%20by%20Brian%20Meric%20-%202005.pdf

http://www.lantornado.com/

http://3d2f.com/programs/32-559-trafficemulator-download.shtml

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Network-Tools/Network-IP-Scanner/Blast-Foundstone.shtml

http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Network_and_Internet/Misc__Networking_Tools/Network_Emulator.html

http://maxwell.iwl.com/

http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/12272/

JMeter + Server Monitoring + Related

Monitoring Apache Server Status with JMeter
http://www.kobatera.com/blog/posts/performance-engineering/monitoring-apache-server-status-with-jmeter-51

Best server Performance Monitoring Tool for Java Servers
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/130067/best-server-performance-monitoring-tool-for-java-servers

HTTP Watch - Firefox and IE differences

Two Important Differences between Firefox and IE Caching
http://blog.httpwatch.com/2008/10/15/two-important-differences-between-firefox-and-ie-caching/
Summary:
This article shows how the cache and HTTP header expiry are handled by Firefox & IE and also concludes that always a specify an Expires header and to force a page to reload by clicking on back button specify Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store
Firefox 3 is not caching content
http://nunos.zi-yu.com/2008/06/firefox-3-is-not-caching-content/
HTTP Headers
http://www.httpwatch.com/httpgallery/headers/
Ajax Caching: Two Important Facts
http://blog.httpwatch.com/2009/08/07/ajax-caching-two-important-facts/

JMeter Tips & Analysis

JMeter – Export to Excel and Analyse Results using Pivot Tables
http://qants.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/jmeter-results-analysis-using-pivot-tables-in-excel/

Suggestions and Recipes for Log Analysis
http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-jmeter/LogAnalysis


Improve the quality of your JMeter scripts
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-07-2005/jw-0711-jmeter.html

Performance testing with JMeter
http://blogs.atlassian.com/developer/2008/10/performance_testing_with_jmete.html

Compatibility Testing

Link1: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/web/library/wa-ie2mozgd/

Summary:  Ever have trouble getting your Internet Explorer-specific Web applications to work with Mozilla? This article covers common issues associated with migrating applications to the open source Mozilla-based browser. You'll first learn basic cross-browser development techniques, and then develop strategies for overcoming the differences between Mozilla and Internet Explorer.

Link2:  http://blog.httpwatch.com/2008/10/15/two-important-differences-between-firefox-and-ie-caching/

Summary:  Differences between IE and Firefox when they utilize the cache and precautions for consistent caching behaviours