Test AppFabric Session State Store

Question

I'm an IIS Admin with no .net programming experience.  I'm looking for a very simple tool/program that will create some objects in my cache cluster so I can prove it's working correctly.  I've seen some samples from Microsoft but they are in source code and I can't compile them.

I was asked to build an AppFabric Cacheing cluster, but I don't want to say it's ready for testing until I've done a quick smoke test so to speak.

thank you in advance for your assistance.

Answer 1

Why cant you compile the sample apps  ?

Visual Studio Express editions should be able to compile the apps for quick test ?

Answer 2

I don't know what I'm doing and I don't the AppFabric .dll's on the machine I have Visual Studio Express.

Answer 3

I'm not aware of any sample that is specifically tailored to populate the cache for a smoke test and is available as a binary executable. That said, please consider taking a look at the AppFabric Caching Admin Tool, available on Codeplex at mdcadmintool.codeplex.com. While the application is designed to provide a GUI to administer cache clusters, it does (as far as I can recollect) provide a means to test a cluster setup by adding test data. Please let me know the admin tool that meets your requirements.

-Arijit