Scalability Testing measures the system at the minimum and maximum loads at all levels.
Top 5 Attributes of Scalability Testing:
- Response time:
- It is the time between user request and the application response. Ideally, the response time should decrease as load increases.
- If an application can deliver the same response time for varying user load; then AUT (application under test) deemed to be scalable.
- Throughput:
- Throughput is the measure of number of requests processed over a unit time by the application.
- Throughput should remain same for varying level of load for an application to be deemed as scalable.
- CPU Usage:
- It is measure of the CPU Utilization for performing a task by an application. In ideal case; CPU utilization should be less for more optimized code.
- Memory Usage:
- It is the measure of the memory consumed for performing a task by an application.
- For optimized code; memory usage should be less.
- Network Usage:
- It is the amount of bandwidth consumed by an application under test.
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