Load testing
Load testing is a special type of testing that helps you understand how a system handles a given level of load. Its purpose is to determine how many users your system can handle and what hardware characteristics it needs.
During load testing, real use cases are simulated on a replica of the site. We work only with duplicates: stubs, emulators and virtualization. Customers of testing can not be afraid of data leaks.
When should load testing be performed?
When a company:
- Is preparing for high loads. It needs to test whether the site can withstand a spike in traffic during a sale or after launching an advertising campaign.
- Wants to optimize performance. She’s looking for ways to make the system run faster.
- Has restored the site’s performance after an outage. It’s important for her to understand and address its causes to avoid a repeat incident.
- Is taking on a project from third-party contractors and wants to make sure everything works according to specifications.
How is load testing conducted?
Our team conducts it in three major stages:
- Development of load testing methodology. We collect the most complete information about the project: we study its structure and the behavior of real visitors. After that, we discuss and prescribe the testing objectives, which will help to choose a strategy and design scenarios. The output is a document where we record the goals, types, tools, and limitations of testing, basic terms, differences between the system under test and the system in production, as well as possible errors and reasons for their occurrence.
- Testing with a gradual increase in the load on the infrastructure. First we prescribe scripts, then we conduct the testing itself, describing each step of the test in detail. At the end, we collect data from monitoring and analyze the results.
- Report writing. As a result, the client receives a detailed report, where he can find information about the progress of testing, the current state of the infrastructure and found bottlenecks. Separately, we prescribe recommendations that will help to eliminate the problems. If required, our specialists immediately start working on resolving these issues.
Load testing helps businesses understand how their websites or applications will perform under high load conditions. If a company finds and fixes system bottlenecks before running ads or sending to production, it will reduce the risk of costly failures and downtime.
The speed and reliability of a website or app also increases user satisfaction. And satisfied customers mean positive feedback and repeat sales.
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