We did use JMeter on a LAN, but it was the same LAN the real users were on. When the real users were logging into the application, they were doing it over the same local LAN and not the internet.
Peter Lin wrote: > > could be simple explanation. when you used jmeter to test it, was it on a > LAN? > > often people forget the performance on the LAN will be dramatically > different than performance on the internet. having lots of slow > connections > can and will slow down the webserver, so it's important to consider those > factors. > > peter > > On 1/16/07, rgjohnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> We have used JMeter to perform load testing on a webserver. One major >> problem >> we have encountered is a large variance between the load JMeter says the >> server can handle vs. the load the server can handle when real users are >> accessing the application. In one example, we used JMeter to simulate 60 >> users running on a single instance of the webserver running an order >> entry >> application. All response times and statistics were very favorable. We >> then >> put real users on the same order entry appllication and started running >> into >> unaccetable performace and response times after about 15 users. I can >> think >> of several reasons why response times reported by JMeter could be worse >> than >> real life, but I am having a difficult time understanding how response >> times >> and server performance can be so much better when simulating users with >> JMeter than what the response times and server performance are with real >> users. Has anyone else had this kind of experience? >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Variance-between-JMeter-response-times-and-real-users-tf3021728.html#a8392563 >> Sent from the JMeter - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Variance-between-JMeter-response-times-and-real-users-tf3021728.html#a8411496 Sent from the JMeter - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
