3 minutes readKey takeaways Notes capture why a run looked the way it did, which raw metrics never record. Write the note at the time. The context is gone within a week. They make historical comparison useful, since you know what changed between runs. We’ve added the functionality to add notes to your load test results. This… Read more »
4 minutes readKey takeaways Setting a baseline turns each run into a regression check instead of a standalone number. Update the baseline deliberately when performance genuinely improves. Compare full results, not just the summary, since averages hide a worse tail. The load test comparison feature build-in to LoadFocus Results allows you to compare the results of two… Read more »
4 minutes readKey takeaways A CSV data set gives each virtual user different inputs, which is what makes a test realistic. Set sharing mode deliberately: all threads, per group or per thread produce different tests. Decide the recycle behaviour, or threads silently reuse the same rows. Apache JMeter is a Java-based, open source testing tool, which can… Read more »
5 minutes readKey takeaways An average hides the slow tail, and the tail is what users complain about. p95 and p99 describe the experience of your least fortunate users. Report a percentile with the median; the mean alone can hide a serious problem. Why Performance Testing We all want our websites to be responsive and useful. However,… Read more »
3 minutes readKey takeaways An alias saves typing the full JMeter path on every launch. Put it in your shell profile so it persists across sessions. Point the alias at the version you actually intend to run if several are installed. Apache JMeter is a Java-based, open source testing tool, which can help you create and run… Read more »
2 minutes readKey takeaways Hits per second counts every request including assets, so it exceeds page views substantially. It shows server workload rather than user activity. Compare it with throughput and response time; alone it says little. Hits per second represents the number of requests sent to the server in one second (the load which the server… Read more »
2 minutes readKey takeaways Reports in the reader's language get read; reports in a second language get skipped. Set the language per report rather than per account when teams are mixed. The numbers are the same either way, so this is about adoption, not accuracy. With our newly released White Labelled Reports for performance tests, you can… Read more »
