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How about using Open-Source tools such as Jmeter to run performance test and identify the bottle neck areas. We have done that with our site http://www.jackpotbuddy.com. Initially were were getting around 25 seconds page load time for 1000 users.

We were able to reduce that to <5 seconds after identifying and fixing the issues

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That's probably a really good suggestion, I can't completely say. In my experience, load-generating tools give completely differing results than actual user patterns, but it's been awhile since I've used any with any real expectation.

Obviously it's great to test more obvious things, but I would use something like that before real user testing, not in lieu of.

How have you seen JMeter to compare in this? I haven't ever used it directly.

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