About Jmeter

What is Jmeter ?

 The Apache JMeter™ application is open source software, a 100% pure Java application  designed to load test functional behavior and measure performance. It was originally designed for testing Web Applications but has since expanded to other test functions.

Download Jmeter :-

http://jmeter.apache.org/download_jmeter.cgi

Prerequisites :-  Java 1.8 or latest ( http://www.java.com)

Limitations of Jmeter :

• If we run more load in GUI mode it will consume more memory and sometimes JVM will crash
• We have thread  limitations based on the OS as well script size.

Advantages :

• Open Source  and free of cost
• We can execute n Number of runs
• Easy understanding
• Flexible reporting
• Platform Independent
• Multi-Threading concept

Disadvantages :

• IT Management and Capacity Allocation
• Reporting Capabilities
• No Support- we need to depend on forums
• Only Java based application