Re: scalability test
sebb <sebbaz <at> gmail.com>
2008-05-01 23:07:50 GMT
2008/5/1 afmustac <afmustac <at> yahoo.com>:
> Dear all,
>
> I am trying to measure the scalability of my web service implementation by testing one of its methods. I am
trying to send increasing # of messages per second in each test to measure round trip times coming from my service.
> When I use JMeter for this test, I have created a test plan with a Thread Group and a WebService (SOAP)
Request (Beta Code), and a Graph Result. In thread group, I set the "users" field to the # of messages that I
want to send per second(change this in each run) and set ramp-up period to 0, and loop count to 1. I am
expecting to get like 300-400 messages/sec but I am getting like 3600/min.. So, I am wondering what I am
doing wrong?
>
Graph Result is expensive to run; use Summary Report instead whilst
conducting the actual test, and reload the data for analysis later.
A loop count of 1 does not really give JMeter time to get going; there
is some startup overhead the first time elements are used.
Much better would be to use a larger loop count and use the Constant
Throughput Timer to control the rate.
Try creating a dummy test using the Java Request Sampler so you can
test things out without stressing the server or the network.
Then replace it with the SOAP sampler. BTW, the XML-RPC sampler uses
fewer resources, so use that it it works for you.
> I really do appreciate any help or suggestions.
>
> thank you in advance.
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