★ Identify goals:

★ Percentage of requested static pages that must meet the acceptable response time?

★ Percentage of requested scripts that must meet the acceptable response time?

★ The baseline multiplier (2x, 4x, ...) that the system must be capable of handling?

★ The spike ratio that the system must be capable of handling?

★ The peak ratio that the system must be capable of handling?

★ The burstiness ratio that the system must be capable of handling?

★ Tolerance ratio: Imposed load ? 25 %?

★ Safety ratio: Imposed load x 2?

★ Spike ratio: Imposed load x 3?

★ Burstiness ratio: Imposed load x 5?

★ Increase the load by multiplying the load baseline by 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, Nx gradually until unacceptable response time is reached.