Java.net.SocketException connection reset error in .net application

Question

We have a n-tier (.net) web application where we have a Web tier -> App tier -> Database.

Everything worked fine until we went for load testing (using jmeter).

Answer 1

Your server is most probably overloaded as a result of your load test.

So it starts rejecting connections which appear as Connection Reset error.

So 3 options:

• your load profile is too aggressive based on real traffic

• your load profile is ok, your server is not correctly configured or undersized

• your application cannot handle this load

You can check this by slowing rampup to see when you start facing issues.