All the Ways to Compare JMeter Load Tests

In this post, we will review and compare the different approaches available for comparing two or more JMeter load tests. This is a task we are frequently asked, and the answer often depends ultimately on the requirements of your project. Some of these methods may be used to generate one-off comparisons, while others comprise a system of data collection for comparing many tests over extended runs. We will briefly explain the premise for each of theseRead More →

Visibility of test ID and server ID properties.

We have recently released a new feature that allows JMeter to access the RedLine13-assigned Test ID as well as the Server ID directly from the test plan. If you already know how JMeter exposes options set at the command line, accessing this information will be familiar. (Otherwise, you may want to refer to this post for some additional context.) This information will be undoubtedly useful for a variety of purposes. However, one specific example would beRead More →

test results in stunning Grafana

Making sense of load test performance metrics and displaying in a manner necessary to drive business decisions can be a challenging endeavor. This data usually comes from multiple different sources, and collecting it can be cumbersome. One way to lessen this burden is to automate the collection of these performance metrics into a unified analysis platform. This is precisely how one customer has leveraged simple plugins and a popular time series database to effortlessly display theirRead More →

RedLine13 Customer HBO Latin America

RedLine13 provided exactly what we were trying to create. Miguel Angel Flores de Montanaro, Software Quality Control Manager, HBO Latin America speaking at the RedLine13 Customer Advisory Board Meeting Listen to Miguel on the RedLine13 YouTube channel as he talks about RedLine13 with questions from co-founder Bob Bickel at the first RedLine13 Customer Advisory Board meeting, which was held virtually. At the meeting, there was discussion about what HBO and other RedLine13 customers want to seeRead More →

We would like to introduce a RedLine13 plugin which supports sending load agent system and process metrics to InfluxDB via Telegraf.  There exists a multitude of reasons for wanting to do such, just as one customer has implemented a sophisticated real-time performance metrics dashboard using Grafana. In this step-by-step guide, we will cover the following: Using this plugin Using the plugin with JMeter BackEnd Listener Available stats How the plugin works on load agents Using thisRead More →

redline13_perfacademy_webinar_jmeter_monitoring

  Kranthi Paidi of PerfAcademy joined us to discuss some of the in and outs of monitoring JMeter tests. PrefAcademy was founded with the mission to provide quality education and training services for software performance testers and engineers, and we’ll get to hear all about JMeter monitoring from the teachers themselves. In this webinar they cover: Real-time monitoring your Apache JMeter results current limitations of backend listeners modified JAR from TAG The need for more extensiveRead More →