Does soapUI Load Test have a some kind of limit?
Hi,
I'm testing one of our webservices and the load test is maxing just below 4tps for 10, 20, 30, 40, etc users. This would suggest that either the webservice or some other resource is maxing out. However, if I start another instance of soapUI and run the same test simultaneously on both soapUI instances from the same host, I get just below 4tps on each soapUI instance. If I start a third and concurrently run the test on the three instances from the same host, I still get around 4tps on each soapUI instance. This would suggest that the webservice is capable of handling at least 12tps.
While the test cases were running, I tested the web app that uses the web service and the web service calls from the app is very responsive. I don't have access to the machine that runs the web services but from the application response times while the load tests are running, I know that the webservice is not maxing out.
I even tested with a free web services (http://www.webservicex.net/stockquote.asmx?WSDL) and with multiple instances and I get the same behaviour with each soapui instance maxing out around 8tps. The load test is very simple. I calls the service over and over with the same stock ticker INTL. I've attached the project file.
Is there a setting that I missed?
My load test strategy is "simple" and I'm using soapui 4.5 community edition which I downloaded today. I tested using both windows and osx.
Thanks for any help,
Dale
I'm testing one of our webservices and the load test is maxing just below 4tps for 10, 20, 30, 40, etc users. This would suggest that either the webservice or some other resource is maxing out. However, if I start another instance of soapUI and run the same test simultaneously on both soapUI instances from the same host, I get just below 4tps on each soapUI instance. If I start a third and concurrently run the test on the three instances from the same host, I still get around 4tps on each soapUI instance. This would suggest that the webservice is capable of handling at least 12tps.
While the test cases were running, I tested the web app that uses the web service and the web service calls from the app is very responsive. I don't have access to the machine that runs the web services but from the application response times while the load tests are running, I know that the webservice is not maxing out.
I even tested with a free web services (http://www.webservicex.net/stockquote.asmx?WSDL) and with multiple instances and I get the same behaviour with each soapui instance maxing out around 8tps. The load test is very simple. I calls the service over and over with the same stock ticker INTL. I've attached the project file.
Is there a setting that I missed?
My load test strategy is "simple" and I'm using soapui 4.5 community edition which I downloaded today. I tested using both windows and osx.
Thanks for any help,
Dale
