Can't you setup multiple (different) thread groups to simulate multiple (different) users? For example a ThreadGroup "UserA" which may run 20 threads representing "type A" users, a concurrently a ThreadGroup "UserB" which may run 50 threads representing "type B" users, and so on.
- Paul
>From: Henrik Ridder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Increse user load
>Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 23:22:03 +0200 (CEST)
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>On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, kevin hammond wrote:
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> > As far as I know, JMeter does not really simulate
> > multiple users. Instead, it simulates multiple
> > instances (threads) of a single "user". I know it
> > sounds a little confusing, but let me describe it
> > better with a concrete example. [If any of this is
> > incorrect, please correct me. We really need to
> > clearly describe this in the user's guide.]
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>That's what I thought to. But thanks for clearing that up. Are there
>any plans for that in the future?
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> > The HTTP Authorization table can contain many entries.
> > However, JMeter does not randomly select a particular
> > user to login as. Instead, JMeter looks at the Base
> > URL you provide and the URL that you are requesting
> > and. If there is a match, it will send a single (the
> > first?) match that it finds. So, you could have five
> > users with the same Base URL (for example, "/login"),
> > but only one of these users will be chosen and it will
> > be the same user every time.
> >
> > I can investigate it further. Henrik, if you could
> > provide us with an example of why you would like
> > multiple users, then that would help us.
> >
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>Well It's just as you explained (see bellow). We have a web-base
>application (a e-learning application) that we want to investigate
>how many user you can have at the same time to find the bottle-necks.
>But to make it real we want to use different user and
>not the same over and over again. But for now it's ok.
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>I can use the same user or I can add new threads.
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> > I can think of an example of where this could be a
> > problem. Let's say that you have a system and you
> > want to simulate 100 users. When you run JMeter, you
> > will get 100 logins for the same user ID (defined in
> > the Authorization table). The application may not
> > allow a user to be logged in multiple times.
> >
> > I think we have a similar issue with cookies.
> >
> > Comments, questions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kevin Hammond
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>Thanks for the quick response
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>Henrik
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> > --- Henrik Ridder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I woundering how you increse the user load. I have a
> > > auth-file with a
> > > couple of users but it seems that
> > > jmeter is only using the first one in the file.
> > >
> > > Mybe I'am doing something wrong.
> > > I have the lastest CVS version of jmeter compiled
> > > with jdk1.2.2 Freebsd
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Henrik
> > >
> > >
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