296 WebSphere Application Server V8.5 Concepts, Planning, and Design Guide
Concurrent users
The number of concurrent users indicates the numbers of users who are concurrently
requesting service from your environment. This number of users is actively sending requests
to your system at a specific time.
In contrast to concurrent users, you might also consider the following types of users:
Active users
The number of
active users indicates all users who are currently using resources (for
example, in the form of session data) in your environment. It includes users who are
reading the response, entering data, and so on.
Named users
Named users are users who are defined in the overall environment. The number of named
users is usually a large number ...