# Requests per second
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/requests-per-second/20971
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [November 27, 2014, 12:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/requests-per-second/20971 "2014-11-27T12:25:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Ernesto\_Reig](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ernesto_Reig)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2014, 12:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/requests-per-second/20971/1 "2014-11-27T12:25:35Z")
Hello,
I don´t really know how to measure the number of requests per second made
to Elasticsearch cluster. I would like to know specifically the number of
search requests per second.
If I am not wrong, the stat "query\_total" in "search" increases by the
number of shards being accessed in every search, so if it increases in
let´s say 25 units, that does not mean you had 25 \_search requests but ES
has used 25 shards in total to answer to a single (or several) \_search
request(s).
So, is it possible at all to know the number of \_search requests per second
that your cluster receives? If not, is there any close approach to this?
Thank you very much,
Ernesto
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### Author:  [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2014, 12:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/requests-per-second/20971/2 "2014-11-27T12:27:07Z")
You have to count the requests per second in your client.
Jörg
On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Ernesto Reig [ernirulez@gmail.com](mailto:ernirulez@gmail.com) wrote:
> Hello,
> I don´t really know how to measure the number of requests per second made
> to Elasticsearch cluster. I would like to know specifically the number of
> search requests per second.
> If I am not wrong, the stat "query\_total" in "search" increases by the
> number of shards being accessed in every search, so if it increases in
> let´s say 25 units, that does not mean you had 25 \_search requests but ES
> has used 25 shards in total to answer to a single (or several) \_search
> request(s).
> So, is it possible at all to know the number of \_search requests per
> second that your cluster receives? If not, is there any close approach to
> this?
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> Ernesto
>
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### Author:  [@Jurgen\_Wagner\_DVT](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jurgen_Wagner_DVT)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/requests-per-second/20971/3 "2014-11-27T12:52:23Z")
Hi Ernesto,
you may use a tool like JMeter to throw randomized queries and other
operations at an Elasticsearch instance. JMeter will take care of
counting requests per time and possibly also register other parameters
you may use for a more detailed evaluation. At the end of the day, the
total client count of queries that were processed in a given time frame
is important. Don't rely on Elasticsearch-internal counters that may
include other requests not visible to clients. The net performance
should be measured end-to-end, possibly not even on the REST service or
transport level, but at the respective front-end application (where one
page view may trigger multiple Elasticsearch requests).
Best regards,
--Jürgen
On 27.11.2014 13:25, Ernesto Reig wrote:
> Hello,
> I don´t really know how to measure the number of requests per second
> made to Elasticsearch cluster. I would like to know specifically the
> number of search requests per second.
> If I am not wrong, the stat "query\_total" in "search" increases by the
> number of shards being accessed in every search, so if it increases in
> let´s say 25 units, that does not mean you had 25 \_search requests but
> ES has used 25 shards in total to answer to a single (or several)
> \_search request(s).
> So, is it possible at all to know the number of \_search requests per
> second that your cluster receives? If not, is there any close approach
> to this?
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> ## Ernesto
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### Author:  [@Ernesto\_Reig](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ernesto_Reig)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2014, 1:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/requests-per-second/20971/4 "2014-11-27T13:14:33Z")
Ok, so I guess the answer is "No, there is no way to know it from ES point
of view. If you want to know it you have to count them from the client".
Thank you very much for the answers 🙂
On Thursday, November 27, 2014 1:52:27 PM UTC+1, Jürgen Wagner (DVT) wrote:
> Hi Ernesto,
> you may use a tool like JMeter to throw randomized queries and other
> operations at an Elasticsearch instance. JMeter will take care of counting
> requests per time and possibly also register other parameters you may use
> for a more detailed evaluation. At the end of the day, the total client
> count of queries that were processed in a given time frame is important.
> Don't rely on Elasticsearch-internal counters that may include other
> requests not visible to clients. The net performance should be measured
> end-to-end, possibly not even on the REST service or transport level, but
> at the respective front-end application (where one page view may trigger
> multiple Elasticsearch requests).
>
> Best regards,
> --Jürgen
>
> On 27.11.2014 13:25, Ernesto Reig wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I don´t really know how to measure the number of requests per second made
> to Elasticsearch cluster. I would like to know specifically the number of
> search requests per second.
> If I am not wrong, the stat "query\_total" in "search" increases by the
> number of shards being accessed in every search, so if it increases in
> let´s say 25 units, that does not mean you had 25 \_search requests but ES
> has used 25 shards in total to answer to a single (or several) \_search
> request(s).
> So, is it possible at all to know the number of \_search requests per
> second that your cluster receives? If not, is there any close approach to
> this?
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> ## Ernesto
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/requests-per-second/20971/5 "2017-07-06T00:47:17Z")