2 minutes readIt is very easy to create a New General Load Test configuration, all you need to do is follow the steps below: Click on the General Test Button Enter a new name for your General Test Select the request type GET or POST and details for injector machines Add Load Test details: threads, loops, URL… Read more »
6 minutes readKey takeaways JMeter is free, Java-based, and runs on any OS, which makes it the usual starting point. Build the test plan around a thread group, a sampler and a listener; everything else is refinement. Run real tests headless. The GUI is for building the plan, not for load generation. Apache JMeter is an open… Read more »
7 minutes readKey takeaways Throughput is completed requests per unit of time, and it plateaus before response time does. A rising response time with flat throughput means you have found capacity. Report it with response time; either number alone can be made to look good. Throughput is the metric that tells you how much work a system… Read more »
7 minutes readKey takeaways Response time is the full round trip: from the moment a request is sent until the complete response arrives back. Averages hide the slow tail. Report the median alongside p95 or p99, because those are what your slowest users actually feel. A response time only means something next to the load, location and… Read more »
