Questions tagged [load-testing]
A load test is a type of performance test "focused on determining or validating performance characteristics of the product under test when subjected to workload models and load volumes anticipated during production operations". For issues relating to the setting up or running of load tests.
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Looking for open source, Java-based tool for performance testing
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I have an enterprise application written in java to test for performance. I need to do it separately, so I will be basically simulating a user interaction over http/https.
My findings:
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Load Testing, Selenium Vs JMeter Vs other tools
I have been using Selenium/Webdriver for functional testing in a grid setup.
We are in the process of transitioning to a Solr based search service. I already have Solrmeter for load testing the ...
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How to Conduct a performance test using jmeter for 100000 users
I need to conduct a performance test on Azure website and the Users count is '200000'. Can anyone suggest me the configuration for this?
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How to run two Thread Group in a loop - JMeter
I'm facing problem here, There are 2 Thread Groups and both are correlated ( run thread group consecutively is ticked in test plan ).
1st is user thread group and 2nd is Driver thread group. So ...
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How do you calculate the number of virtual concurrent users to use in a load test given data on actual site traffic?
When working on performance testing, one of the problems I've faced is trying to translate real-world web application traffic to simulated traffic.
A practical example is for an eCommerce site. ...
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Performance testing - a way in?
We have an a browser based application that is built on the Microsoft Stack, specifically .NET 3.5. It also uses Ajax, iframes, jQuery etc.
At the moment we are just guessing at the concurrency ...
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Calculate peak concurrent users on a website
I am looking at setting up some website load testing scripts and need some help in finding a formula to estimate how many concurrent users are browsing a website at peak times, based on common metrics ...
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Can a proportionately scaled down testing environment find performance load issues?
At my company, we are working on ways to improve our testing of database changes, in our testing environment first.
Since there are no resources to have a production like volume of data in servers ...
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How do you stress test a video streaming app?
I have a a streaming application that I am going to test. I don't really know how to do this. Do I need a special plugin (if so, why)?
Why is it difficult to record a scenario for streaming a video, ...
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Maximum number of threads supported by JMeter
I want to do load test with 10000 users using JMeter. I want to know whether my system is capable of doing that.
My System Configuration :
RAM: 4 GB
Processor : Intel core 2 quad 2.50 GHz
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Performance testing with 100 users: how to read links from CSV file in JMeter?
I am using JMeter to do performance testing of a site.
I need to test various links of a site (no need to login) with 100 users and loop it for some number of times. I want to put those links in a ...
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What are the most useful KPIs for tester
There are many KPI (Key Performance Indicators) suggested to measure the performance of software tester. My concern is what are the most useful/ efficiency KPIs for a tester?
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Generate test data in which format
What is the best approach to make test data configurable ? Through XML file or properties file or any other way. But must not be hard coded.
What approach should be taken to run the same Test Suit ...
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Lightweight load & performance testing frameworks
Which lightweight load and/or performance testing frameworks could you recommend?
some considerations:
Configuration with not too much coding (some JS would be okay)
command line + text editor (...
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JMeter https recording, firefox get "SSLHandshakeException" at app page
I'm using JMeter 2.12 in windows7, HTTP(s) Test Script Recorder (port: 8080, HTTPs Domain: blank, Type: HttpClient4)
I followed the below instruction to record https request in firefox.
add ...
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Stress and Load Testing using Selenium-like tool
I have written some tests in Selenium using NodeJs and I am looking for a way to use those tests for stress testing web apps. Is there any tool that combined with selenium can do the trick?
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How to determine breaking point of my application when performance testing from jMeter
I am doing some performance testing with jMeter on my application. I've check marked Retrieve all Embedded Resources and Clear cache on each iteration.
For the thread group I've got: Number of ...
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How to set up Jmeter ramp up time?
Please I want to know How to set up Jmeter ramp up time ?
and if having error in some requests due to the ramp up time >> ignore the test or how can I handle this problem ?
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Performance testing resources [closed]
Please share any good performance testing resources which you have come across in past or referred to while working or learning about performance testing.
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Using Jmeter to load test a Citrix web platform
We have Citrix XenApp and NetScaler and we want to load test this environment for capacity planning.
Normal use is that a user installs Citrix Receiver, which installs a plugin for his web browser (IE ...
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Load testing using JMeter with multiple concurrent users account
I am facing a problem with JMeter. Like if I am login with my account with Team (In my application one module is Team in which we have to fill some fields which are common for all users, I want to ...
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Load Testing on CSRF enabled website with JMeter
Need help, I'm in a situation where, I need to perform Load testing and I am using JMeter to perform load test. How can I configure CSRF token in JMeter as it's showing 403 Error on the links. The ...
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Load test Configuration in VSTS 2013
I have a web performance test created in VSTS 2013 ultimate and 1 execution round of this web performance test creates 1 entry in Database, no matter input data is unique or not, so same input data ...
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Unable to print the individually reporting status using Label of JSR223 Sampler in HTML Dashboard Report of JMeter
I am executing a test plan where I have moved the files from source to destination one by one by using for each loop in JSR223 Sampler of JMeter. I am unable to print each fIle's status that has been ...
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