Run a performance schedule
Now that everything is recorded and set up, you can run your tests.
| 1. | Right-click TradeTestSchedule, then click Run -> Performance Schedule. |
2. The workspace displays a Performance Summary Report similar to the one in Figure 10-14. This report is continuously updated during the test until all virtual test users have finished executing.
Figure 10-14 Performance Schedule Summary Report
One of the reports you can now look at to review the test results is the Response versus Time report shown in Figure 10-15. This report plots the average response time over time during your test execution.
A typical workstation running a stress testing tool will likely begin bottlenecking when approximately 200 virtual users are running.
To simulate a greater number of users, you can distribute the stress testing load across multiple workstations. Many of the available stress testing tools support distribution of load and you will certainly want this feature for large scale stress testing. However, we found that it was unnecessary to spread this load across more than one workstation.
Figure 10-15 Rational Performance Tester response versus time graph
At this point, you can load test the scenario.