Error “Connection reset” in JMeter (SOAP XML web-service)

Question

I have the next test plan in JMeter:

on the screenshot you can see the settings for the 1st ThreadGroup, wich has 50% of common amout of request in test plan (in eac

Answer 1

First, WebService(SOAP) Request is not the best way to test Webservices in JMeter, it will be deprecated in upcoming 2.9 version. HTTP Sampler is the one to choose as it performs much better.

Second, Connection Reset means your server has cut connection. It could be coming from the CPU which seems high but it's not sure.

If what you call "my comp" is the computer hosting JMeter started working slowly then your JMeter instance is overwhelmed by the number of threads (2003 or more?) you've configured. It can come from a lot of factors, read this:

• http://www.dzone.com/links/see_how_to_make_jmeter_run_thousands_of_threads_w.html