On 13/03/2009, Abel MacAdam <[email protected]> wrote: > > 1000 Threads in 10 seconds looping forever was a test I performed today. > Although it ran I'm having issues with the correctness of the test. So > therefore this question. > > So JMeter waits 'until the GET request has completed.' As a result, the > librarian started reading the first page. But will the librarian keep on > reading according to JMeter?
This is not up to JMeter. JMeter reads data until the server tells it there is no more to come - or disconnects. I don't know what the server does. > If so, what would be a more appropriate test? What are you trying to prove? > Start a thread, and add an assertion that the film completes within the > allotted time? How? Please read the manual: http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/usermanual/component_reference.html#Duration_Assertion > And how would I simulate several users at the same time? Please read the manual: http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/usermanual/component_reference.html#Thread_Group > Is JMeter an appropriate system to test the load of a streaming media > server? > > Thanks. > > > > sebb-2-2 wrote: > > > > On 13/03/2009, Abel MacAdam <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> Can someone explain to me what happens when I open a page containing > >> streaming media (a flash movie) in JMeter? > >> > >> In a normal JMeter session I think you test something like (sort of) a > >> (string of) request - response combination(s). So each time JMeter goes > >> to > >> the library (the request), it fetches a book (the response). With > >> streaming > >> media however, you send JMeter to the library, then asks the librarian > >> to be > >> read from the book. And if I am going to test what load the streaming > >> media > >> server can support, I'm sending many persons concurrently requesting to > >> be > >> read from the book. And to me, fetching a book is not so though as > >> asking to > >> be read from the book. > > > > JMeter will wait until the GET request has completed. > > I'm not sure if this behaves differently for streaming media. > > > >> Now back to JMeter. What if I have a thread group with 1000 threads, to > >> be > >> started in 10 seconds, looping forever. > > > > 1000 threads may be too many for one system. > > > >> Back to my question: If I test a connection with a streaming media > >> server, > >> what do I do? Fetch 1000 books every 10 seconds, or request 1000 > >> librarians > >> to read me a book every 10 seconds? > > > > Again, what are you trying to prove? > > > >> Abel > >> > >> -- > >> View this message in context: > >> > http://www.nabble.com/Follow-up-on-streaming-media-tp22496310p22496310.html > >> Sent from the JMeter - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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] > > > > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Follow-up-on-streaming-media-tp22496310p22497232.html > > Sent from the JMeter - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
