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If I set the number of threads to 50 and ramp up time to 750 - does it mean that 15 users will come on site every second?

If yes then how can I set a delay between users? Because for requests I am using a constant timer to set delay between requests. But how do I set delays between users?

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  • Number of threads = Number of users , Ramp Up Time the time between every Request 'Thread'
    – A.Mo5tar
    Commented Oct 21, 2015 at 6:34
  • Can you please describe with example? Because I think there is difference between 2 users and 2 requests and I want to set delay in both scenario.
    – Helping Hands
    Commented Oct 21, 2015 at 6:43
  • number of users (called threads) the Ramp-Up Period, leave the the default value of 1 seconds. This property tells JMeter how long to delay between starting each user. For example, if you enter a Ramp-Up Period of 5 seconds, JMeter will finish starting all of your users by the end of the 5 seconds. So, if we have 5 users and a 5 second Ramp-Up Period, then the delay between starting users would be 1 second (5 users / 5 seconds = 1 user per second).
    – A.Mo5tar
    Commented Oct 21, 2015 at 6:57
  • ok so if I set no. of users = 50 and ramp up time = 750 then each user will come to site every 15 seconds , right?
    – Helping Hands
    Commented Oct 21, 2015 at 7:53
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    okay , thanks a lot... I was confuse in that only..
    – Helping Hands
    Commented Oct 21, 2015 at 8:31

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number of users (called threads) the Ramp-Up Period, leave the the default value of 1 seconds. This property tells JMeter how long to delay between starting each user. For example, if you enter a Ramp-Up Period of 5 seconds, JMeter will finish starting all of your users by the end of the 5 seconds. So, if we have 5 users and a 5 second Ramp-Up Period, then the delay between starting users would be 1 second (5 users / 5 seconds = 1 user per second). you can monitor that by adding "View Result in Table" in the Start time column

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All virtual users defined in "Threads" will be started during the "Ramp-up" time. Divide threads number by ramp-up time to know how many users will be arriving each second. If you don't like what you're seeing you can consider using Stepping Thread Group or Ultimate Thread Group

Actually you can just provide enough users and focus on controlling how often they will be sending requests via Constant Throughput Timer or Throughput Shaping Timer

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  • Thank for detailed answer.. I will try with your suggested timers.
    – Helping Hands
    Commented Oct 24, 2015 at 17:34

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