So what's the problem, exactly? -Mike
On Wed, 2004-06-30 at 20:21, Remedy QA wrote: > It seems Jmeter is a memory hogger. If given more memory, it will keep consuming. I > am using JMeter nightly build of June 12. > > During my test run of approximately 50 minutes, with 250 virtual users on one GUI > Jmeter client, it managed to consume about 1 GB of real memory. As the test > continued, the memory just kept diminishing. The garbage collecting (minor > collecting) happened about every 20 to 60 seconds. The CPU spikes happen when > there are GCs. > > I also ran the same test on a machine with only 1 GB of RAM. When the test was > over, real memory was at about 32mb. > > I tried with non-GUI mode but several threads hung and never was able to finish. > > So it seems that if I use a machine with more memory and give it a bigger heap, it > just consumes as much as it can. I don't think 250 virtual users for the machine > type I use is too much load. There must be something I am missing. Any help > appreciated. > > I ran a test with the following configuration: > > Single JMeter Client on Windows 2000 Server, 2 GB RAM, single 2.8 Ghz Pentium 4 CPU. > JDK 1.4.2_04 > > JMeter JVM settings: > set HEAP=-Xms1280m -Xmx1280m > set NEW=-XX:NewSize=512m -XX:MaxNewSize=512m > set DEBUG=-verbose:gc -XX:-PrintTenuringDistribution -XX:+PrintGCDetails > -XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps -XX:+PrintGCApplicationConcurrentTime > -XX:+PrintGCApplicationStoppedTime > > All other JVM settings are the defaults that came with jmeter.bat. > > JMeter output set to CSV, jmeter and jorphan logging set to warning. > > Jmeter script: > > Test Plan > ThreadGroup - 250 virtual users, ramping up every 5 seconds. Loop once. > Aggregate Listener > Simple Controller > 8 HTTP Requests in here > 3 Aggregate Listeners in here > Runtime Controller - 45 minutes total for all users. > 33 HTTP Requests in here > 2 Aggregate Listeners in here > Simple Controller > 2 HTTP Requests in here. > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! -- Michael Stover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Apache Software Foundation --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

