I'm migrating a Django application to Redhat Openshift Online. The application is subject to spikes in demand, so I want to use the Openshift Autoscaling functionality.
To test this, I use Apache JMeter to put a lot of load on the server, to see whether the new gears launch I expect. But I'm encountering bugs with the server scaling up, like my deployment scripts not working as expected, or migrations not occurring correctly on the database. Is there a more convenient way to test the auto-scaling than sending a bunch of requests at the server until haproxy launches a new gear?