> So if accurate response times are needed , I cant use this feature and if > accurate response times are not needed then I dont need this feature anyway.
I politely disagree. I once load tested an application which used some background PHP scripts for statistics purposes. Those were (I believe) referenced using <img> elements. Jmeter's ability to request those pseudo-images was very useful here, because you absolutely want to run those scripts during your load test. In most cases, I prefer to take into account the potential overhead of embedded content, in whatever way it may manifest (e.g., some load balanced setups require "Connection: close" headers, so there's some overhead for opening new connections for each piece of static content etc. etc.) But then, there certainly are drawbacks and care must be taken when considering the results that Jmeter reports. And I'm not proposing that one should always and at any cost use this setting. But it certainly does have plentiful uses. Cheers, Felix --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
