>1. Do I need to record .jpg, .css, .js as part of script? Recording - probably not, running them depends - Been discussed some times on the mail archives with differring points of views so you can get a flavor of the pro's and con's of either.
regards deepak On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 2:45 AM, joy janardhan <joy.janard...@gmail.com>wrote: > I am relatively new to JMeter and I have fundamental questions related to > JMeter scripting. I have read many posts through Google but nothing served > as a definite answer. > > I am to load a website with around 1000 concurrent users. I am recording > with Badboy and exporting to JMeter. > > I want to simulate my script as close as real world to get most accurate > response time values. So my questions are: > 1. Do I need to record .jpg, .css, .js as part of script? They clutter the > test plan for sure and somewhere I read that they are not necessary. But I > feel not having them would certainly impact the response time(please > correct > me if I am wrong.) > 2. There is "Retrieve embeded resources" option. If I do not record .jpg > .css etc and just check this box then would it server purpose of simulating > real world scenario? > 3. What effect will "HTTP Cache Manager" have if enabled on 1&2 above? > > Thank you for all your help! > > -Joy >