Question

I’ve written a simple order application that consists of a 1 page order-form containing a set of input fields and a submit button. The order form is loaded by invoking a URL (with data being passed via POST):

http://localhost:8080/orderform.jsp

The input fields of the order-form are populated with the POST data and whilst the form is loading there some server side processing taking place e.g. retrieving data from a database. Once the page has loaded and the submit button is clicked further server side processing takes place to process the order and then a receipt page is displayed to the user.

I need a way to load test this simple process in order to ascertain the maximum throughput of the server.

Any tool suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

For this relatively easy way of load testing I would recommend JMeter.