It was originally designed for testing Web Applications but has since expanded to other test functions. It can be used to simulate a heavy load on a server, network or object to test its strength or to analyze overall performance under different load types. Full multithreading framework allows concurrent sampling by many threads and simultaneous sampling of different functions by seperate thread groups. Careful GUI design allows faster operation and more precise timings.
Pluggable Samplers allow unlimited testing capabilities.
Several load statistics may be choosen with pluggable timers . Data analysis and visualization plugins allow great extendibility as well as personalization.