Stress testing SSAS

Usually we're using load testing tools as a basis for performance tuning or in order to give reliable hardware recommendations. You can find two approaches for load testing at the Codeplex website.

The ASLoadSim project uses Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Testers and provides a good toolkit for automatic load testing. But even if you're not planning to use the Team Edition you may still want to have a look at the best practices document "SSAS Load Testing Best Practices" that is also included in this project's download.