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Testing performance of ASP.Net Application

I have been looking at various ways of testing the performance of ASP.Net applications. Here are few tools that might be useful.

1. Application Test Center by Microsoft
If you have Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 enterprise version, then you will have this software included. Please see http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/05/06/ExtremeASPNET/ on how to use this great tool.

2. BadBoy
This is another good software. Please visit http://www.badboy.com.au/ to download the software. This software can be used for free if you are a non profit organisation.

3. LoadRunner
If you are a commerical organisation and have a good size budget, this is the software for you. Please visit http://www.mercury.com/us/products/performance-center/loadrunner/ for more information. This software gives you lot more control and has good reporting tools as well. You need special training to use this software or you can have a consultant doing the job for you.

Happy performance testing.

Thanks
DebugGuru

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