Maybe we will use open source tool for performance testing, so I begin to study to Jmeter tool.
First, download Jmeter2.6 from offical website, http://jmeter.apache.org/download_jmeter.cgi. and unzip the backage.
Second, download badboy tool to record scripts, the tool is used to record scripts, and then export to Jmeter.
Third, download Jmeter plugins, i downloaded JMeterPlugins-0.5.3, in order to add more listener to monitor TPS etc. detailed listener please see http://code.google.com/p/jmeter-plugins/wiki/TransactionsPerSecond?utm_source=jmeter&utm_medium=helplink&utm_campaign=TransactionsPerSecond.
Modify scripts, set thread, paramterization using CVS data set config. and add listener. run test plan to collect test result.
this is simple summary, I will update later.