Re: [OpenSTA-users] Severe load ramp-up limitation encountered

[Bernie V. <Ber...@iP...>]

Dan,

I'm having a little trouble visualizing what is happening. Could you reply 
with the VU parameters (i.e. batch start options, total number of users, 
number of vir users for timers and http result) for the single task group 
test?

-Bernie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Downing" <ddo...@me...>
To: <ope...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: [OpenSTA-users] Severe load ramp-up limitation encountered


> >Dan Downing wrote:
>>> The Test: Two load
>>> servers (dual 1Ghz P4s, 1 GB memory). On each, test had 20 Task
>>> Groups with this one script, in v-user "burst"
>>> groups of 50, 100, 150,...1000, doing a single iteration. Each group to 
>>> be launch 3 minutes apart
>>> (allowing the web server to settle from the previous burst). Ramp rate 
>>> of 300 users per minute (batch
>>> settings: 1/5/1 (interval btw
>>> batches/vusers per batch/batch ramp time).
>
>>Danny Faught wrote:
>>I'm curious if you tried to set up this scenario using a single task 
>>group. I would guess >that if you could get what you want that way, it 
>>would put less stress on your load >generators.
>>-- 
>>Danny R. Faught
>
> Danny, Thanks for your suggestion. While I did not try modeling the 
> *entire set* of Task Groups into a single Task Group, I *did* (just this 
> morning) re-run *just one* Task Group with 400 users -- and managed to peg 
> the cpu and drive up the pages/sec. just the same.
>
> So, whatever resources I am taxing, it occurs even with a single Task 
> Group.
>
>
>
> ...Dan
>
>
> Dan Downing
>
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