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CSO Online, www.csoonline.com today published an article on key do’s and don’ts that anyone performing Network stress testing and using testing tools should considered.

Titled ‘Network stress test tools: Dos and don’ts’ by Neil Roiter, the article is a follow on article from the previously published ‘Stress-testing your network’.  In that article software from BreakingPoint, Mu Dynamix, Spirent and Ixia were featured in an analysis of the methods for performing stress testing of networks.

In ‘Network stress test tools: Dos and don’ts’, Neil covers a combination of 10 points to consider:

3 of these include:

• Do consider how often the tools will be used and in what ways. They are expensive to buy and support. Make sure the use justifies the expense.
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• Do get full and accurate information on the application and protocol mix to be sure you create a representative test environment.
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• Don’t assume you know what your performance requirements are for the new application, security device or network.

For the full article and full  list of Do’s and Don’ts please refer to the full article on CSO Online.