Perhaps I didn't phrase my comment as well as I should have. Indeed all his points apply and are excellent. As you pointed out, his focus is on testing the HTTP

Perhaps I didn't phrase my comment as well as I should have. Indeed all his points apply and are excellent. As you pointed out, his focus is on testing the HTTP server for performance, rather than the actual apps running on them. The point I was trying to make is that all of the above, _plus_ additionally integration testing and app specific testing should really be done when preparing for the onslaught of a real-world deployment. Admittedly this is deliberately beyond the scope of his article.