that being said, you can explain throughput as the "speed" at which the server responds to all requests taken into account.
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Deepak Shetty <[email protected]> wrote: > You arent factoring in number of threads > Lets say you have 1 thread makes 10 requests each takes 3 seconds > Avg time = 3 seconds > Throughput = 0.3 request per seconds. > > Lets say now you have 10 threads each make 10 request and each request > takes > 3 seconds (because the load is light , your server takes the same time to > respond) > Avg time = still 3 seconds > Throughput is 10 times as much = 3 requests per seconds > > There are other factors as well . I believe JMeter throughput does take > delays , timers in its time calculation whereas response time wont > > regards > deepak > > On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Ivar Vasara <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > I'm sorry if this is a FAQ, but I haven't found the answer and I am still > > not clear on the meaning behind some of the numbers in the Summary > Report. > > Specifically, on a recent test I have an 'Average' response time of > 2926ms > > and a 'Throughput' of 2.9 requests/second. How can I explain these > > numbers ? Shouldn't response time be the inverse of requests/second ? ie: > > Intuitively, I would expect an average response time of 0.3 ms if the > > throughput was 2.9 reqs/sec. > > > > Thanks for any clarification. > > > > >
