What is the highest number of threads that is reasonable to simultaneously run in Jmeter?

Question

I want to use the highest possible number of threads (to use less computers) but without making the bottleneck to be in the client.

Answer 1

One of the issues we had with running JMeter on Windows XP was the Windows XP TCP Connection Limit. Limit should be removed in order to run use the JMeter to workstation’s full potential More info here. AFAIK, does not apply to other OS.