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davecoleman
Contributor
5 years ago

Stress Test API - Ramp up settings and execution issues

Hi all, I created a Stress Test in LoadUI pro (ReadyAPI 3.3.1) for a test case which has a DataSource and 7 API methods. the datasource is an excel sheet with 70 inputs for the 7 methods.   We are...
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    sonya_m
    5 years ago

    Thank you Alex!

     

    Hi davecoleman, please check out this help topic to find info on using more users than licensed. Let me quote:

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    If you add to your test more concurrent virtual users than your license supports, LoadUI puts the “extra” virtual users in a queue and simulates them only if the license allows. If you experience this behavior, consider upgrading your license to another one that supports a greater number of simultaneous virtual users.

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    And, this article might be of interest as well, it speaks of Stress Testing: 

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    Creating stress tests usually requires more virtual users than it is available for the Base (Free) LoadUI license. So, you need a LoadUI Pro license.

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davecoleman
Contributor

We have 6 x licences for LoadUI within the orgnanisation so ran from each machine at 30 min intervals (100,200,...600 VU's) to simulate a stress test. 

I created a new Stress test project and implemented a Ramp Up but what seems to occur is that every 5 mins its ramps up from 20 to 100 instead of 20 to 100 over the 2 hour period of the stress test. its confusing and the documentation isn't great on this feature from Smartbear.

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sonya_m
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
5 years ago

Thank you Alex!

 

Hi davecoleman, please check out this help topic to find info on using more users than licensed. Let me quote:

>>

If you add to your test more concurrent virtual users than your license supports, LoadUI puts the “extra” virtual users in a queue and simulates them only if the license allows. If you experience this behavior, consider upgrading your license to another one that supports a greater number of simultaneous virtual users.

<<

 

And, this article might be of interest as well, it speaks of Stress Testing: 

>>

Creating stress tests usually requires more virtual users than it is available for the Base (Free) LoadUI license. So, you need a LoadUI Pro license.

<<