I have no idea what Empirix is capable of, but I'd be interested in seeing someone knowledgeable compare the two.
However, your concern about being able to hand JMeter to QA folks sparked my interest. From my experience (and I've done most of the coding of JMeter in it's current form), it is difficult to hand JMeter off to non-technically inclined QA folks, which is all we have around here. JMeter, in the latest 1.7 beta works quite well when I use it, and, I suspect, when other programming-literate people use it. It doesn't require any java knowledge to create a test script. But, it does require some computer savvy to get JMeter to do what you want it to do. It's tempermental. It's touchy and a bit fragile - not in the sense that it crashes, but rather that there is no room for error in setting up your test cases, else JMeter will return garbage. Once you have your tests set up correctly, you're fine. Another limitation is that the GUI is new, and lacks a lot of conveniences you'd expect. It's therefore slow and tedious to set up your test cases, particularly if they are complex. OTOH, you won't get this kind of honesty from a commercial product, I suspect. When something doesn't work in Empirix, the support you get will probably not help much. Also, you're more likely to get results when you request an enhancement upgrade to JMeter than with Empirix. -Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Herrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 11:40 AM > To: JMeter Users List > Subject: RE: Load Tool - Should I buy something or use jMeter > > > Thank you. > > You can get Empirix for $10-15K. > > It has some decent stuff in it, but I share your view. > > My issue is our QA folks aren't terribly strong in Java and I > don't want to have to spend 50% of > my day writing scripts for them. > > Best, > > Mike > > --- "Shvartsburd, Feliks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you want to get something with the UI like JMeter, it's > a way to go and > > it's free. Otherwise you can write something on your own > without the UI. I > > don't think you can buy anything for 20K. I personally > prefer to write > > something on my own. It doesn't have any UI but does the job. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael Herrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 7:29 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Load Tool - Should I buy something or use jMeter > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > I need to find a load tool. I have a budget of $20K. > > > > Do you recommend that I purchase something (e.g., Empirix) > or should I just > > use jMeter? > > > > I plan to test out jMeter myself, but I thought I would ask > for advice > > first. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Mike > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
