Don't use remote mode - the client JMeter will have to handle all the samples, which will stress it and perhaps the network.
Use non-GUI (batch) mode on each of the machines, and combine the test results after the run. This has been discussed a few times on this mailing list. Are you really sure you need 3000 threads? S. On 08/09/05, Srinath vaidyanathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm stress testing a web application using JMeter. I have 3 client machines > at my disposal. I have read the new manual for distributed testing and i've > manged to get it working with one of the machines as master and the other 2 > as slave. My question is this. "Suppose i want to simulate 3000 threads > simulataneously can I do it ? Say, 1000 via each machine." > > Also I don't have many listeners in the test plan. i just have the simple > data writer and view results as tree listeners. > > My worry is that the latest distributed testing pdf manual says that > simulating more than 300-500 threads is not advisable. > > Therefore, How should I go about simulating that many threads? > > Thanks > Srinath Vaidyanathan > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

