You wouldn't need a fake network to load test a web app, and you'd end up being CPU bound for a good load test (as in, the load tester would be CPU bound, obvio

You wouldn't need a fake network to load test a web app, and you'd end up being CPU bound for a good load test (as in, the load tester would be CPU bound, obviously you want the app to become maxed in CPU usage). AWS is actually great for doing something like this. The Chicago Tribune actually released a tool to do load testing with AWS instances: http://blog.apps.chicagotribune.com/2010/07/08/bees-with-machine-guns/ http://blog.apps.chicagotribune.com/2010/07/08/bees-with-mac...