bottlenecks

From the Open Source Load Testing presentation http://www.slideshare.net/richardfriedman/open-source-load-testing   If you have been through the process of build and running load tests, I am sure you have gone through all the emotions that come with it. From the fun of taking down your site or API, to the agony of not knowing where the bottleneck is, and eventually the eureka moment when you resolve the issue and run your next load test.  Here are some of my emotions.Read More →

From the Open Source Load Testing presentation http://www.slideshare.net/richardfriedman/open-source-load-testing In this slide we will examine load testing where the application is a black-box.  When we run our test on that black box we are looking to expose a performance bottleneck, typically this bottleneck will emerge as either performance or throughput issues. Performance. Measuring the response time of requests or test plans.  Typically measured in ms or s, but it will be specific to your test plans. Throughput.  Measuring theRead More →