The MS3270 tests are able to saturate the serial SLIP or PPP link using PC to simulate a TN3270 server. These tests also take advantage of ITF's support for LANs and may be run with either Token Ring or Ethernet connections. The size of the output data varies. Individual response times are given in seconds and measure the amount of time it takes for an entire send to be completed for all active sessions. Throughput is measured by the number of transactions per second.
Response time is measured by seconds per transaction and is the inverse of throughput.
In addition to the default continuous mode, test duration can be specified by the minute to achieve a standard testing cycle. Subsequent test summaries are appended to this file. The performance data is output in a format that is easily importable by spreadsheet programs for further analysis and graphing. The report data output by the MS3270 tests contains statistics and information useful for performance analysis and problem determination.