API Test Harness

I am setting up the Test Harness and had a question about the Max connections and Thread.

Would API/web service connections from two external servers supporting a total of 1000+ total simultaneous users be looked on as 2 connections and ~=500+ threads for each of those connections or would it look more like ~=1000 connections with a couple of threads per connection?

What would you set your settings at?

Thanks,

  • We're looking to run the API Test Harness to look for bottlenecks on our web configuration and I'm searching for advice as to the best way to approach it. Since it's recommended that we do it after hours with no one on the system, and that means shutting our website down for sales, how did other organizations do this to lessen the amount of time your site was down? Did you run multiple scenarios? How long did you run the test for? Any and all comments will be greatly appreciated.

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    Chicago Shakespeare Theater
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