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[12:40:00 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> determine desired throughput (requests / second usually)
[12:40:16 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> determine desired concurrent user base (number of threads)
[12:40:25 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> write the script for what each "user" does
[12:40:55 CST(-0600)] <EricDalquist> setup the thread count of X and ramp up time of X * 5