Increasing the heap size By default, JMeter uses 1 GB of heap memory. This may not be enough and you may encounter an Out of Memory exception. Maximum Heap memory size can be increased to say 2GB by adding the following line in JMeter startup script: Xmx2g means maximum heap size is set to 1…
Thread Group simulates a number of virtual users putting the load on the server. Often one of the initial requests is user login and depending on the user credentials specified in the login call, all threads will be using the same login. If you want each thread spawned by the Thread Group to use a…
JMeter is a load testing tool to measure the performance of web applications. It is open-source and written in Java. Key concepts in JMeter JMeter test script is developed by adding components in the Test Plan pane on the left side. To get a general idea about the components and what can be achieved, let’s…
I have been optimizing the performance of a WordPress site for a couple of days and managed to shave off about half a second from page load times and significantly improve the performance scores. Evaluating Performance The first step towards optimization is to measure the performance of your site and identify the issues and bottlenecks.…