1 Introduction.....................................................................1 1.1 Objective ....................................................................................................1 Broker Modules .................................................................................................1 Lender Modules .................................................................................................2 Administrative Module ......................................................................................2 1.2 Development and Testing Philosophy ......................................................2 2 System Architecture and Technology ............................3 2.1 Architecture...............................................................................................3 The MVC pattern ...............................................................................................3 2.2 Implementation Platform..........................................................................6 3 Load Testing....................................................................7 3.1 Definitions .................................................................................................7 3.2 Performance Expectations........................................................................8 3.3 Establishment of a Performance Baseline...............................................8 3.4 Baseline Metrics........................................................................................9 3.5 Bottlenecks Identified & Tuning............................................................20 3.6 Post Tuning Metrics................................................................................21 4 Future Work..................................................................32 5 Appendix A – References..............................................33 6 Appendix B – Application Screenshots........................34