Posts Tagged ‘performance measurement

Well, it was bound to happen. Someone from a PR Agency asked if I was willing to go on the record today to discuss the GrabPERF results for the site they represent.
This exposes the critical weakness in my plan for world domination. I am, effectively, providing a low-octane sub-set of the information that my employer [...]

GrabPERF: Some changes.

In: smp

29 Aug 2005

Ok folks, you have probably noticed some superficial changes to GrabPERF over the last 48 hours.
Pledge drives may follow.

Technorati: GrabPERF, Web Performance, Web Performance Measurement, Web Performance Monitoring
IceRocket: GrabPERF, Web Performance, Web Performance Measurement, Web Performance Monitoring

10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1…

Space Control to IceRocket…

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IceRocket: GrabPERF, Web Performance, Web Performance Measurement, Web Performance Monitoring

Do the IceRocket folks want to comment on this pain and suffering?
UPDATE: As of 13:30EDT, it appears that the ailment has been resolved.

Technorati: IceRocket, GrabPERF, Web Performance, Web Performance Measurement, Web Performance Monitoring
IceRocket: IceRocket, GrabPERF, Web Performance, Web Performance Measurement, Web Performance Monitoring

In the GrabPERF system, all of the detail charts are built off of the raw data table. Now, for some insane reason, I was storing 50 days of raw data. The furthest back that any of the configured raw data graphs goes is 7 days.
I reset the data purge script to drop data older than [...]

I started gathering data on a number of large MSM Web sites, and created an index, similar to what I created for Search sites.
Check it out!
GrabPERF News Index

Technorati: GrabPERF, Web Performance, Web Performance Measurement, Web Performance Monitoring, msm, mainstream media
IceRocket: GrabPERF, Web Performance, Web Performance Measurement, Web Performance Monitoring, msm, mainstream media

Dave, what the hell happened?

Technorati: GrabPERF, Web Performance, Web Performance Measurement, Web Performance Monitoring, Dave Winer, weblogs.com
IceRocket: GrabPERF, Web Performance, Web Performance Measurement, Web Performance Monitoring, Dave Winer, weblogs.com

Checked my GrabPERF logs just now and was shocked.
Not every day a billionaire checks out my home-rolled Web performance measurement tool.
Hi Mark! Thanks for dropping by.

Technorati: Mark Cuban, GrabPERF, Web Performance, Web Performance Measurement, Web Performance Monitoring
IceRocket: Mark Cuban, GrabPERF, Web Performance, Web Performance Measurement, Web Performance Monitoring

There are now 3 GrabPERF locations running.
Now I am looking for some folks to run it from the West Coast, Europe and Asia.
Go Go Gadget Monitor!

Technorati: GrabPERF, Web Performance, Web Performance Measurement, Web Performance Monitoring, curl, linux
IceRocket: GrabPERF, Web Performance, Web Performance Measurement, Web Performance Monitoring, curl, linux

There are now TWO GrabPERF measurement locations.
There have been a few adjustments to the collected statistics as a result.
Many thanks to Sean Walberg for getting this debugged.
Ok folks…whose next? Who wants to host a GrabPERF measurement location?
Requirements here. The only addition to this is that I need to know what time zone you’re in.
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Stephen Pierzchala is one of a 10-year veteran of the Web performance field who also writes on topics that interest his non-linear world-view.

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