Latency is time to first response; elapsed is time to end of last response.
On 19/09/2007, Christiaan Lamprecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > JMeter does not do the encryption - that is all handled at a lower > > level, so encryption/decryption timings are included in latency as > > well as elapsed. > > I see. So both start at the same time but elapsed time also includes > the following? > > >>> "Christensen, Alan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/17/06 7:00 PM >>> > > Latency is the time at which the first byte of the html page gets > received by jmeter. After that point in time several TCP/IP segments > may be required to actually download the entire page. These segments > may require acknowledgements which would introduce additional network > delays before the page is fully received. In addition, the bandwidth of > the "last mile" will typically limit the speed at which the rest of the > page gets delivered. > > The latency time is typically a better measure of system response time > than the total response time. This is especially true of large pages > where the network component of the response time can easily dominate the > user response time. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > > Thanks > Christiaan > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
