Using JMeter to performance test Unix application servers

[Paul Riley <Pa...@reuters.com>]

Hi, newbie here.
 
I'm currently looking to use JMeter / JUnit as a replacement for our
in-house performance test harness to test an application which is a java
applet front end talking to C++ backend servers running on Unix. The
primary interest is in the performance of the application servers rather
than the applet. Does anyone else out there use it like this, because
everything I've read so far points to JMeter being used for testing /
monitoring webservers. Anyone know of any pitfalls that I should look
out for?
 
Thanks in advance.
 
Paul Riley



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Re: Using JMeter to performance test Unix application servers

[sebb <se...@gmail.com>]

On 09/01/2008, Paul Riley <Pa...@reuters.com> wrote:
> Hi, newbie here.
>
> I'm currently looking to use JMeter / JUnit as a replacement for our
> in-house performance test harness to test an application which is a java
> applet front end talking to C++ backend servers running on Unix. The
> primary interest is in the performance of the application servers rather
> than the applet. Does anyone else out there use it like this, because
> everything I've read so far points to JMeter being used for testing /
> monitoring webservers.

JMeter was originally developed for HTTP(S), but can also now talk to
other servers using FTP, JMS, JDBC etc.

Additional protocols can be added without needing to rebuild JMeter.
We did this for testing an in-house protocol. Only the sampler needed
to be written; JMeter provides the rest of the framework.

> Anyone know of any pitfalls that I should look
> out for?

The Tree View Listener works best for HTTP protocols, but is usable for others.

JMeter is only designed for request-response protocols.

> Thanks in advance.
>
> Paul Riley
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