After the Pingdom test, we ran load impact tests to see how the servers would handle a surge of traffic during peak load times. For this test, we sent a few virtual users to our sites and created up to 100 visitors at a time.
According to Load Impact, our HostGator server responded quickly until there were about 80 visitors at a time. On the other hand, our InMotion Hosting site only performed well until it reached 25 users. After that, it slowed spam number database down significantly. Their server performance was not consistent throughout the test.
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After the load impact test, we performed a Bitcatcha test on our test sites.
Bitcatcha analyzes server response times around the world, ignoring the content of the website. It calculates the average loading speed of 8 different global locations: New York, Los Angeles, London, Brazil, India, Singapore, Japan, and Australia. The speed of each location is measured three separate times and then the results are averaged.