title: How to setup ramp up time in Jmeter for 500 concurrent users?
body: <p>We want to demonstrate that our REST API for a customer can handle 500 concurrent requests. In order to implement this, what is the best way to setup ramp up time ?</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Is it 500 requests in 1 sec ?</li>
  <li>2500 requests in 5 seconds ?</li>
  <li>Any other option ?</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>With first option, the app and webservers will be flooded. With second option
  How should i go about setting this up ?</p>
  
  <p>Appreciate any inputs on this.</p>