Stress Testing Metrics

Metrics are basically key performance indicators. Most commonly used metrics are mentioned below: 1. Average transaction response time It is the Average time taken to perform transactions during each second of the scenario run. 2. Total transactions per second The total number of transactions that passed, the total number of transactions that failed and the … Read more

Stress testing tools

Normally all the performance testing tools that are used for load testing could also be used for stress testing. Below mentioned are the ones that are most commonly used: 1. Loadrunner Loadrunner from HP is the widely used tool to perform stress testing and the results provided by Loadrunner are considered as a benchmark. 2. … Read more

Types of Stress Testing Techniques

1. Distributed Stress Testing In distributed stress testing, all the clients linked with the server are tested. Distribution of a group of stress tests to each one of the clients and follow up on their status, is the server’s role and responsibility. 2. Transactional Stress Testing As the name suggests, Transactional Stress Testing is used … Read more