Using AppDynamics for load test

[CommunityUser]

Hi,

For my load tests I would like to capture a maximum of requests, even it introduces some (about 10-15%) overhead on my application.

With Lite I can't set more than 2% (1 every 50 requests) of the requests and more than 1 each 5 minutes.

Are these limitations valid for the Pro version ?

Is there a way to have transversal view of the durations like a distribution (see attached pictures) ? For the entry points (transactions) ? But also for all the other measures (the java calls that are intercepted) ?

Does existe a query language that allow to request your data ?

I would like to be able to do query like : "give me the list of all the call to the method Xxxx that have a duration of X ms made by transactions name XXX of from the method Yyyy".

I aware that you don't record all the java calls (only those that are configured) but it would be nice to be able to have a query language to do some investigation during load tests.

Regards,

[Arun_Dasetty]

Hi pkernevez,

Please find the response to your queries:

>>>>>>>> With Lite I can't set more than 2% (1 every 50 requests) of the requests and more than 1 each 5 minutes.

Are these limitations valid for the Pro version ?

Answer: No, Pro version does not have this limitations. In pro version you can configure to capture snapshots as per your requirement, refer doc to configure periodic snapshot collection:

http://docs.appdynamics.com/display/PRO12S/Configure+Transaction+Snapshots#ConfigureTransactionSnaps...

>>>>>> Does existe a query language that allow to request your data ?

I would like to be able to do query like : "give me the list of all the call to the method Xxxx that have a duration of X ms made by transactions name XXX of from the method Yyyy".

Answer: we do not have a query languge as you mentioned to get the data at method level, However we have request snapshot filters to achieve the similar target data using business transaction/tier/node  filters:

refer doc for steps to search business transaction snapshots by various filters: http://docs.appdynamics.com/display/PRO12S/Transaction+Snapshots#TransactionSnapshots-SortingandSear...

>>>>> I aware that you don't record all the java calls (only those that are configured) but it would be nice to be able to have a query language to do some investigation during load tests?

Answer: No, we show all java methods if the methods are part of the discovered business transactions (we exclude certain packages by default , java.util and javax.* as there are not part of customer API), and if the customer java methods are taking more than 10ms it will shown for sure in call graph

 refer doc: http://docs.appdynamics.com/display/PRO12S/Configure+Call+Graphs#ConfigureCallGraphs-CallGraphGranul...

Thanks,

Arun

[CommunityUser]

Hi,

Thanks for your answer, but I can't access to the suggested documentation. It requires a login/password, I my existing login/password isn't valid for your confluence instance.

Moreover there isn't any link to register to another account if there isn't SSO between your forum and the Wiki.

How can I view the documentation ?

Regards,

Philippe

[Arun_Dasetty]

Hi Philippe,

You need to be pro user to access pro docs , please try 30 day trial

http://info.appdynamics.com/freetrial.html ,

or you can contact sales team "sales" <sales@appdynamics.com>,  who will assist you further

Thanks,

Arun