Loadtesting in burst mode in Jmeter

Question

I am running my load test for a duration of 1 hour,in between the test I want a scenario to run for a duration of 1 minutes at regular interval of 15 minutes.

In jmeter,currently I am able to simulate for all the others scenarios except for the burst mode. How do I keep the delay for 15 minutes and trigger the request for duration of 1 min? How do I achieve the TPS for the burst? Currently I have to manually trigger jmeter script.

Answer 1

I would suggest doing the following:

1. Add a separate Thread Group.
2. Configure ramp-up and thread count as required.
3. Add a Constant Timer, set Thread Delay to 900 000 (15 minutes = 900 seconds, 1 second = 1000 ms)
4. Add a Runtime Controller, set Runtime to 60.
5. Add a Loop Controller, set Loop Count to Forever.
6. Place your burst test logic under the Loop Controller.
7. If you need to define requests per second rate during spikes use Constant Throughput Timer