Parameterizing JMeter Tests from a CSV Data Source

When designing a load test, it is a common goal to emulate real-world requests to the best extent possible. It is easy to generate thousands of requests with JMeter. However, there is often a need to generate many different requests. Using parameterization, this is a straightforward task. In this brief post, we will illustrate the steps of parameterizing your JMeter tests from a CSV data source. Step 1. The first element we want to add toRead More →

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Do-it-Yourself JMeter Testing

JMeter is one of the most popular load testing frameworks. However, to use JMeter at scale requires supporting infrastructure. In this post, we will be comparing and contrasting do-it-yourself JMeter testing versus managed JMeter load testing. With the rise of cloud computing architectures, it has become increasingly the standard to test using cloud-based resources. This means writing scripts to provision servers, coordinate load generators, and handle data collection.  Load testers using JMeter have two general options.Read More →

RedLine13 versus Do-it-Yourself Load Testing

JMeter is one of the most popular load testing frameworks. However, to use JMeter at scale requires supporting infrastructure. In this post, we will be comparing and contrasting managed versus do-it-yourself (DIY) JMeter load testing. With the rise of cloud-based architectures, it has become increasingly the standard to test using cloud-based resources. This means writing scripts to provision servers, coordinate load generators, and handle data collection.  Load testers using JMeter have two general options. They canRead More →

Dynatrace integration with JMeter

Dynatrace is a leader in application monitoring, the process of measuring application performance, availability and user experience. Dynatrace has many integrations. This article will focus on the Dynatrace integration with JMeter and how that can add an additional dimension of analysis to your load tests. Why use Dynatrace when load testing? While load testing tools provides a wealth of information at the network level, sometimes it is desirable to analyze what is going on at theRead More →

Moved to RedLine13

Heath Meyer of ACT spoke at LoadTestWorld about why ACT moved to RedLine13 and how they did it. Read below for the highlights of Heath’s talk or watch his 28 minute video on the LoadTestWorld YouTube channel. Periodic Exploration Heath explained how ACT regularly does periodic explorations of new technology and that is how they learned about RedLine13. ACT evaluated the new technology based on: cost ease of use support ability to leverage existing scripts SavingsRead More →

yCrash Answers Performance Testing Questions - A Complement to RedLine13

Performance engineers know how to run the load testing which is used to determine when a system is ready for production.  When the system doesn’t handle the load, someone needs to determine why.   yCrash answers performance testing questions: Why did the CPU spike up?  Why is memory degraded?  Why is response time increased? RedLine13 and yCrash partnered together as valuable tools that complement each other.  RedLine13 handles the generation of load data and collection of testRead More →

GitHub Actions for JMeter

GitHub Actions are now an integral part of developers’ ecosystem to automate workflows. NaveenKumar Namachivayam spoke at LoadTestWorld about you can leverage GitHub Actions for JMeter test plans to run performance tests for developers’ events such as push, merge, new release etc. GitHub Actions help you to: automate workflows build, test and deploy your code right from GitHub implement your CI/CD workflow NaveenKumar shows you how to integrate your test plans into GitHub Actions for JMeterRead More →

Merging Very Large JTL Files

RedLine13 has made changes to handle the cases where it is necessary for merging very large JTL files, which are output by JMeter.  RedLine13 has for years been able to handle large JTL files needed to support high volume load tests with no problem.  Now RedLine13 can handle JTL files of 70GB and greater.  We’ve included details on why we made the change for those that want to understand more. A customer was running tests whichRead More →

Partner in Performance Testing

Pragmatic Test Labs is a RedLine13 Partner that does performance testing for client projects with Apache JMeter and RedLine13. You can read more about Pragmatic Test Labs and their expertise in performance testing, their experience scaling tests with large numbers of concurrent users, simulating load agents from multiple geographical locations and more. With their experience in JMeter, they are a natural fit with RedLine13. Contact them to learn how they can help you.Read More →