Load testing WCF service (hosted on IIS)

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Anonymous Box picture Anonymous Box · Oct 21, 2008 · Viewed 16.9k times · Source

What tools are there that I can test out a WCF service?

I am expecting allot of load so I want to have an idea how much a single server can handle.

Answer

Kilhoffer picture Kilhoffer · Oct 21, 2008

WCFLoadTest all the way. I've even talked to MS guys who swear by this tool.

Visual Studio also has some load testing tools available, but I cannot vouch for how well they do their job, nor can I say which versions of VS contain the load testing tools.

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