Best method of stress testing a new VPS?

[Surmounted.NET]

I've acquired a little VPS to mess around with, and I want to see what she's capable of. Performs very well on the free load test a LoadImpact.com, but I want to push her to the edge and see how she performs.

2.6Ghz / 320MB of ram.

What would be the best method of doing this?

 

[dedhostdeals]

Are you looking to test the performance of DB , Apache , php ?? or just general CPU performance ?

 

[HostMantis]

Some open source tools for testing web server and application load:

http://www.opensourcetesting.org/performance.php

 

[Teisho]

Eivind Uggedal wrote a python script called vpsbench that can be pretty useful if you know a little about python.

 

[DKing]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned UnixBench.

 

[Host90]

Just run all Kind of heavy processes at the same time and see the performance

 

[Deadly]

Just run all Kind of heavy processes at the same time and see the performance

This is good idea or find some scripts you could use on it.

 

[zanyhost]

UnixBench is good because loads of people use it, so comparisons are easier.

 

[lilgina]

UnixBench is good on most servers but it is not really a good stress test for a VPS server. I learned the hard way not to over stress text. You don't want to get an email about server abuse like I did. Heh.