We will begin this tutorial with a very basic question about Performance Testing.
What is Performance Testing and its types?
The software testing performed to determine the behavior of the application under test when subjected to Vuser load.
The software testing / technical investigation done to determine or validate the speed, scalability or stability characteristics of application under test with different workload conditions.
There are different parameters which are monitored depending on requirement to validate the performance of the application under test.
The applications created normally responds according to the requirement before being subjected to a vuser load with required workload model. The performance test is executed to check how the application responds when kept under required virtual user load.
TYPES OF PERFORMANCE TESTING
There are different types of performance testing:-
Load Test –The term “Peak Load Test” sounds more appropriate in the context. The performance test to determine the behavior of application when subjected to normal or peak load conditions.
The important term is “Peak Load” .The maximum user load at the peak usage hours of the application in real time is the “Peak Load”.
Stress Test – The Performance test executed to determine the stability of the given system (existing resources) by testing beyond normal operational capacity, often to a break point.
The stress test is done to observe how the system reacts to the failure/breakeven point with available resources.
Scalability Test – The performance test executed to determine the behavior of application under test when the resources (e.g.-CPU, RAM etc) are varied (increased or decreased) primarily.
Endurance Test – The performance test executed by applying significant amount of load for an extended period of time. The memory utilization is primarily monitored to detect potential leaks.
Spike Test – The performance test executed to determine the behavior of the application under test by suddenly increasing load by large number of Vuser.
About the Author –
Prateek Divya is an enthusiast Performance Testing professional. He holds the experience in varied performance testing techniques and tools. He exhibits great expertise in Jmeter and LoadRunner.