What about someone asking for tools to be used in benchmarking? Seems to me that would be perfectly on topic.

e.g. Someone might be looking for the tools and/or methods which might be employed to perform benchmarking on say various RAID configurations (there's more to the world than just web servers). It's not enough to just throw a load at it, you need to make measurements as well and the right tools can be a great help.

Edit: This question I saw today very nicely illustrates my point.

What about someone asking for tools to be used in benchmarking? Seems to me that would be perfectly on topic.

e.g. Someone might be looking for the tools and/or methods which might be employed to perform benchmarking on say various RAID configurations (there's more to the world than just web servers). It's not enough to just throw a load at it, you need to make measurements as well and the right tools can be a great help.

Edit: This question I saw today very nicely illustrates my point.

What about someone asking for tools to be used in benchmarking? Seems to me that would be perfectly on topic.

e.g. Someone might be looking for the tools and/or methods which might be employed to perform benchmarking on say various RAID configurations (there's more to the world than just web servers). It's not enough to just throw a load at it, you need to make measurements as well and the right tools can be a great help.

What about someone asking for tools to be used in benchmarking? Seems to me that would be perfectly on topic.

e.g. Someone might be looking for the tools and/or methods which might be employed to perform benchmarking on say various RAID configurations (there's more to the world than just web servers). It's not enough to just throw a load at it, you need to make measurements as well and the right tools can be a great help.

Edit: This question I saw today very nicely illustrates my point.