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Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:18:32 +0100
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Subject: Re: Remote servers and ramp up
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On 01/08/2008, Andrey Beznogov <andbezn@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  trying to synchronize the request generation by different servers is
>  probably too hard to implement.
>
>  It is easier - and probably more realistic if we think about user
>  generated requests - to just insert a (Once Only Controller - Uniform
>  Random Timer) as the first element of your tests ThreadGroup.
>
>  If you set Random Delay Maximum to (RampUpTime/NumberOfThreads), and
>  Constant Delay Offset to 0, threads spawned by each server will be
>  randomly paused at the beginning, and the requests generated by the
>  first Sampler on each server will be uniformly distributed in time.
>
>  Regards,
>  Andrey
>
>
>  On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Fitzpatrick, Adrian <adrianf@revenue.ie> wrote:
>  >
>  > Hi all,
>  >
>  > Our JMeter testing platform consists of 7 PCs - one controller and 6 running
>  > Jmeter servers that we use for load generation. Many of the tests we run are
>  > stress tests - where we gradually increase the load over time to establish
>  > system capacity and breaking points. We use the JMeter "Ramp-Up Period"
>  > setting to give this testing profile. This works fine when only running on a
>  > single PC, however, we have issues running these types of tests spread across
>  > our remote PCs.
>  >
>  > For example if we want to run a test with 60 threads, we have a thread group
>  > with 10 threads on our controller, and then start the test running remotely
>  > on the six load generators. In this scenario, if we use a ramp up, the load
>  > is increased in steps of 6 threads, rather than gradually 1 thread at a time
>  > as we would like.
>  >
>  > Can anyone suggest any way for use to get round this issue while still using
>  > remote JMeter servers? Perhaps this is changed in a new version? We are
>  > currently using 2.3RC4 and I've reviewed the release notes for later versions
>  > but haven't seen anything. Any suggestions would be welcomed!
>  >
>  > Regards,
>  >
>  > Adrian
>  >
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