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
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
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
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
There are many types of performance testing techniques, one of them is stress testing. It refers to the testing of the software in determining whether its performance is satisfactory under extreme load conditions or not. Most systems are developed for normal operating conditions, therefore if operating conditions become abnormal (for example: if load of simultaneous users visiting the website goes beyond the … Read more
It is a type of non-functional testing. Volume testing refers to testing a software application or the product with a certain amount of data. E.g., if we want to volume test our application with a specific database size, we need to expand our database to that size and then test the application’s performance on it. … Read more
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
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
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
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