Recommend a book on load-testing an ASP.NET application

Question

I need a book to recommend strategies for load-testing an ASP.NET application with SQL Server backend.

Some info that may be useful:

• how to write a load test plan
• what perfmon counters to use and typical threshold values
• finding bottlenecks
• various load testing tools

Answer 1

Microsoft has a Patterns & Practice book called "Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications"

I haven't read it, but I've skimmed through it, and it looks like something that you or others would find beneficial. Plus, it's free.