Re: Suggestion on new command line scripts for Jmeter to compete with"ab" and "faban"

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

Seems like a good idea. I need to look at it further.

S.
On 28/05/07, Alf Høgemark <al...@i100.no> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I am wondering about adding a couple of new command line scripts to
> Jmeter, so that you could performance test a URL using just the command
> line script, with a few simple arguments.
> I.e., no need to build a test plan.
> For example : "jmeter_test_http -c 30 http://localhost/tomcat.gif -W
> 2000", to use 30 threads, with a 2000 ms "think time" between each
> request, and the http request is the one specified on the command line.
> I think that would broaden the use of JMeter, and would make it easier
> for "first time users" to nice and easily performance test an URL.
>
> Have a look for example at the following article :
> http://weblogs.java.net/blog/sdo/archive/2007/05/how_to_test_con.html
>
> The author of the article is using a command line to test an URL using
> "faban".
> Wouldn't it be nice if a small command line could be used with Jmeter as
> well ?
> Then it would be very easy to ask the article author if he could perform
> the same test using Jmeter, so we could see if the numbers are different
> using Jmeter.
>
>
> So what I am really suggesting, is to to possible add a couple of Java
> classes, a couple of .sh (and possible .bat) scripts, and possible a
> couple of test plans that are delivered by default with JMeter,
> and then we could compete "heads on" with Apache "ab" and "Faban".
>
> We could make a command line script that takes exactly the same command
> line options as the Apache "ab" program, since I think Jmeter is better,
> since it can support multiple threads.
> For competing with "faban", I think a simple command line script which
> takes a few arguments, would allow us to compete easily with faban in
> the scenario described by the author of the article mentioned above.
>
> What do you think about the suggestions ?
> Is this something you would use ?
>
> Some references for you :
> Apache "ab":
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/programs/ab.html
>
> Faban :
> http://faban.sunsource.net/
>
>
> Regards
> Alf Hogemark
>
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