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AndyHughes
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15 years ago

What exactly does Fixed Rate do?

Does it release x requests at the same time.....wait for the time interval to pass and then release x more? or does it just make sure that x requests are released at some point in the chosen time interval?

So is it a steady stream of requests or is it bursts of syncronous requests per interval?

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  • SmartBear_Suppo's avatar
    SmartBear_Suppo
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    15 years ago
    The Fixed Rate Component sends out all its messages at a fixed rate (that is, with a fixed delay between each message). At the rate 20/sec, it will send out a message each 50th millisecond.

    I'm confused by your question since you are talking about intervals. Did perhaps mean the Fixed Load Generator?

    /Henrik
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  • AndyHughes's avatar
    AndyHughes
    Regular Contributor
    15 years ago
    Hi,

    No I did mean fixed rate. When I refered to 'interval' I meant /sec or /in or /hr.
    So in order to achieve 'bursts of syncronous requests' what could I do? Virtual Users?
  • SmartBear_Suppo's avatar
    SmartBear_Suppo
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    15 years ago
    If the bursts can be one second long, then the easiest way would be to follow the example here.

    In case you need real bursts (all messages sent at the same time), I've now updated to make this possible (see Settings > Burst size). This will also make it into the nightly build.

    /Henrik
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