Stress testing
Stress testing is a form of testing that is used to determine the stability of a given system or entity. The objective of stress testing is to simulate a production environment for the purpose of determining that:
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Normal or above-normal volumes of transactions can be processed through the transaction within the expected time frame.
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The application system is structurally able to process large volumes of data.
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System capacity, including communication lines, has sufficient resources available to meet expected turnaround times.
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People can perform their assigned tasks and maintain the desired turnaround time.
- The system is not expected to process the overload without adequate resources, but to behave (e.g., fail) in a decent manner (e.g., not corrupting or losing data).
