The JMeter GUI takes a lot more resources than running in non-Gui mode. Also client-server mode takes more resources as it has to send back the results.
Since you only have two machines actually running the test, it should be easy enough to try running them stand-alone in non-GUI mode in parallel. On 8 June 2016 at 19:41, Janine DeBeradinis <jdeberadi...@higherone.com> wrote: > We are using 3 machines. > > 1 is running JMeter GUI to distribute the load. (also trying to see if the > pausing issue goes away) > The other 2 are running JMeter server. > > They are all Windows Server 2012 R2 machines. > > Thanks. > Janine > > -----Original Message----- > From: Deepak Goel [mailto:deic...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 12:47 PM > To: JMeter Users List > Subject: Re: Jmeter pausing when running > > What machine are you running the test from? Is it a laptop or a desktop for > personal use? > > Hey > > Namaskara~Nalama~Guten Tag~Bonjour > > > -- > Keigu > > Deepak > 73500 12833 > www.simtree.net, dee...@simtree.net > deic...@gmail.com > > LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/deicool > Skype: thumsupdeicool > Google talk: deicool > Blog: > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__loveandfearless.wordpress.com&d=DQIFaQ&c=G2J7obiPomkpMVl1prtGFw&r=1OgbcP-oUjBUH-3H8avzbUL8Jplqf3JrZ0J8DHFWVZE&m=Q7QdXYQGe-rZwgYG-F0UQuBOUV8fVsyteZl_FEcZ5fU&s=Au4_yzYoutDa59LBgoqwvraAw3A_W4bhaXyB6azgyCM&e= > Facebook: > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.facebook.com_deicool&d=DQIFaQ&c=G2J7obiPomkpMVl1prtGFw&r=1OgbcP-oUjBUH-3H8avzbUL8Jplqf3JrZ0J8DHFWVZE&m=Q7QdXYQGe-rZwgYG-F0UQuBOUV8fVsyteZl_FEcZ5fU&s=sC34gI9c7G5kALpTSm-Np-s7lFURlfsjH_Zh4zbnbPs&e= > > "Contribute to the world, environment and more : > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.gridrepublic.org&d=DQIFaQ&c=G2J7obiPomkpMVl1prtGFw&r=1OgbcP-oUjBUH-3H8avzbUL8Jplqf3JrZ0J8DHFWVZE&m=Q7QdXYQGe-rZwgYG-F0UQuBOUV8fVsyteZl_FEcZ5fU&s=U_jTZpfYAZ4lWmjZkzSVlkxPqhktjUtJP2vvEIInJ6s&e= > " > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 10:09 PM, Bob Nance <bob.na...@novationsys.com> > wrote: > >> I’ve been having an issue with JMeter periodically pausing when >> running a load test and am not sure how to resolve this. We have >> tried several things, but nothing seems to be working. The behavior >> is I start a JMeter load test. The test will run fine for a few minutes, >> then pause, then pick >> back up, then pause, etc. I’ve tried upping the heap size when starting >> JMeter, running in distributed mode and non distributed mode, even >> turning off our Anti-Virus software, but the issue still persists. >> The amount of load being generated isn’t that much either. My test has >> about 75 >> different thread groups, but we are only using 1 thread per group. The >> last thing I tired was adding -XX:+DisableExplicitGC to jmeter.bat >> file, but that didn’t work either. >> >> Does anyone have any other suggestions or thoughts? >> >> Do the logs reflect the delay? (or could it just be a delayed display >> issue) >> Do you have any data visualizations/listeners running during the tests? >> (they can eat up a lot of CPU cycles) >> Do you have anything else running on the computer that might be >> stealing the network card? >> Is there a pattern that might point you somewhere (like it happens >> nearly at the same test, or every 12.5 seconds or something)? >> >> No direct help, but those are all things that I have seen affect my tests. >> >> -Bob >> >> >> --- >> Bob Nance >> Novation Systems >> bob.na...@novationsys.com<mailto:bob.na...@novationsys.com> >> 256-534-4620 >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@jmeter.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@jmeter.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@jmeter.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@jmeter.apache.org
