How do I benchmark and profile IO bound Perl web application under heavy load?

I'd suggest you to use Munin ( http://munin-monitoring.org ).

You could create some tests using the Benchmark module. It has functions specifically for comparing two implementations of the same functionality. While it doesn't quite handle simulating load levels for you, it would make it a lot easier to do.

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