Large scale Grinder test configuration

Tom Vitez <TomVitez-8E8YqKKyFh/[email protected]> Thu, 24 Mar 2016 18:36:19 +0000
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Hi Grinder Users!

I have been using Grinder successfully on a number of projects over the pas=
t few years. My past tests have been relatively small in terms of vUser or =
thread count (i.e. < 500) but with high transaction rates (TPS). I have a n=
eed to run a test in the order of 30-40,000 vUsers so I need to spread acro=
ss many Grinder agent VM's and tie them back to a single Grinder Console in=
stance to consolidate the results.

My questions are:

Is are there any physical limits to the number of agents that can be config=
ured to a single Grinder console?

What is the largest number of Grinder Agent's you have configured successfu=
lly with a single Console instance?

Any recommendations on value for grinder.reportToConsole.interval to minimi=
ze network bandwidth without sacrificing performance metrics (don't want to=
 rob network bandwidth from the application under test)?

Kind Regards,

Tom

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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Hi Grinder Users!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">I have been using Grinder successfully on a number o=
f projects over the past few years. My past tests have been relatively smal=
l in terms of vUser or thread count (i.e. &lt; 500) but with high transacti=
on rates (TPS). I have a need to run
 a test in the order of 30-40,000 vUsers so I need to spread across many Gr=
inder agent VM&#8217;s and tie them back to a single Grinder Console instan=
ce to consolidate the results.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">My questions are:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Is are there any physical limits to the number of ag=
ents that can be configured to a single Grinder console?
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">What is the largest number of Grinder Agent&#8217;s =
you have configured successfully with a single Console instance?<o:p></o:p>=
</p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Any recommendations on value for grinder.reportToCon=
sole.interval to minimize network bandwidth without sacrificing performance=
 metrics (don&#8217;t want to rob network bandwidth from the application un=
der test)?
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Kind Rega=
rds,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Tom<o:p><=
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