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

Importance of Stress Testing

Stress testing tries to break the system under test by overwhelming its resources. The main purpose of stress testing: Make sure that the system fails and recovers easily, this quality is also known as recoverability. Stress Testing Example Let us assume that the performance testing team has been asked to stress test an ecommerce application that sells Camping Gears. In … Read more

Scalability testing in software testing

It is a type of non-functional testing. Testing the ability of a system, a network, or a process to continue to function well when it is changed in size or volume in order to meet a growing need. It is the testing of a software application for measuring its capability to scale up in terms … Read more

Security testing in software testing

It is a type of non-functional testing. Security testing is basically a type of software testing that’s done to check whether the application or the product is secured or not. It checks to see if the application is vulnerable to attacks, if anyone hack the system or login to the application without any authorization. It is a … Read more

Compatibility testing in software testing

It is a type of non-functional testing. Compatibility testing is a type of software testing used to ensure compatibility of the system/application/website built with various other objects such as other web browsers, hardware platforms, users (in case if it’s very specific type of requirement, such as a user who speaks and can read only a particular language), … Read more

Performance testing in software testing

It is  a type of non-functional testing. Performance testing is testing that is performed, to determine how fast some aspect of a system performs under a particular workload. It can serve different purposes like it can demonstrate that the system meets performance criteria. It can compare two systems to find which performs better. Or it … Read more

Load testing in software testing

Load testing is a type of non-functional testing. A load test is type of software testing which is conducted to understand the behavior of the application under a specific expected load. Load testing is performed to determine a system’s behavior under both normal and at peak conditions. Load testing one among the different kinds of performance testing that determines the … Read more

Endurance testing in software testing

Endurance testing is a non functional type of software testing. It is a type of non-functional testing. It is also known as Soak testing. Endurance testing involves testing a system with a significant load extended over a significant period of time, to discover how the system behaves under sustained use. For example, in software testing, a … Read more