title: How should I stress test my web application?
body: <p>I've got a somewhat complex web application, containing Flash and javascript on the client side and PHP functionality server side. The PHP functionality contains system calls (exec()) to merge/edit/create files with gnu software (*nix environment) as well as api calls to REST services for uploading these files (this will be done with cron jobs, however).</p>
  
  <p>We're not ready to go live just yet, we're expecting a large server load directly at launch, so we need to stress test the environment. I've looked in to some libraries, like JMeter, but afaik these libraries cannot handle the Flash - and the merge/edit/create depends on input from the Flash app. How can I stress test my environment in the best possible way?</p>
  
  <p>Best regards,</p>