1. You can use a User Parameters Pre Processor to use a different username and password for each thread group. You can use a module controller so that you define the Login test in one place and just change the data you pass to it 2. Depends on your requirement. If you wish to test unique users then that is what you have to do , (since using the same username may give you better results if your application does caching. In test environments we simply update the password to known values and query the database to give us N number of usernames and use those, dunno how popular this approach is :) We also sometimes combine the creation of the user process as part of the script. regards deepak
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Nguyen Dao <mr.nguyen...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I need to load test a JSF application with 500 users, and need your > tips/recommendations on how to go about doing that. Please help! > > *MY CURRENT TEST PLAN:* > ** > ThreadGroup1 (100 threads) > -- Login > -- Search for a record of type # 1 > -- Switching between different views > -- Logout > > ThreadGroup2 (100 threads) > -- Login > -- Search for a record of type # 2 > -- Switching between different views > -- Logout > > ThreadGroup3 (100 threads) > -- Login > -- Search for a record of type # 1 > -- Switching between different views > -- Logout > > ThreadGroup4 (100 threads) > -- Login > -- Search for a record of type # 1 > -- Switching between different views > -- Logout > > ThreadGroup5 (100 threads) > -- Login > -- Search for a record of type # 1 > -- Switching between different views > -- Logout > > *QUESTIONS:* > ** > (1) How to configure each thread to use a unique test login account? The > application does not allow one login account to have two concurrent > logged-on sessions. For example, if thread # 1 of ThreadGroup1 logs on > using testuser1, then thread # 2 of ThreadGroup1 must use something else, > otherwise the session for thread # will be expired/destroyed requiring a > logging in again. > > (2) What is a popular practice for load testing many users? Creating 500 > test login accounts sounds a bit overkill. > > > > Thank you, > Nguyen Dao > mr.nguyen...@gmail.com >
