Listed below are the types of performance testing
1. Load testing: Load testing is a type of performance testing where increasing amount of load is applied to the system to check how the application performs till the threshold limit is reached.
Ex: Consider the system can handle only 1000 users in an application. Initially 10 users are injected and gradually the amount of users are increased till it reaches the threshold of the system i.e 1000 users to check how the system performed under various injected users.
2. Stress testing: Stress testing is a type of performance testing where the amount of load is increased more than the threshold limit in-order to break the system and to check how the application performs.
Ex: Consider the system can handle only 1000 users in an application. More than 1000 users are injected to the system in-order to break the system and to check how the application would respond
3. Volume testing: Volume testing is type of performance testing where particular amount of load is applied to the system to check how the application performs.
Ex: Consider the system can handle only 1000 users in an application. System is tested for 500 users or 900 users to check how the application performs.
4. Soak testing: Soak testing is a type of performance testing where the system is tested over a significant period of time by applying significant load to check how the application behaves.
Ex: Keeping an application for overnight while the data is injected to the system. Consider you have a new application which refreshes the page every-time a new news is added. Keeping the application open and injecting news to check how the application performs.
5. Spike testing: Spike testing is a type of performance testing where the load is suddenly increased and decreased and vice-versa to check how the application performs.
Ex: Consider the system can handle only 1000 users in an application. Load of 900 users is applied and suddenly the load is brought down to 100 and vice versa to check how the system performs
Ex: Consider the system can handle only 1000 users in an application. Now due to the application is getting used by more than 1500 in an year the system is now made to handle 1500 users.
1. Load testing: Load testing is a type of performance testing where increasing amount of load is applied to the system to check how the application performs till the threshold limit is reached.
Ex: Consider the system can handle only 1000 users in an application. Initially 10 users are injected and gradually the amount of users are increased till it reaches the threshold of the system i.e 1000 users to check how the system performed under various injected users.
2. Stress testing: Stress testing is a type of performance testing where the amount of load is increased more than the threshold limit in-order to break the system and to check how the application performs.
Ex: Consider the system can handle only 1000 users in an application. More than 1000 users are injected to the system in-order to break the system and to check how the application would respond
3. Volume testing: Volume testing is type of performance testing where particular amount of load is applied to the system to check how the application performs.
Ex: Consider the system can handle only 1000 users in an application. System is tested for 500 users or 900 users to check how the application performs.
4. Soak testing: Soak testing is a type of performance testing where the system is tested over a significant period of time by applying significant load to check how the application behaves.
Ex: Keeping an application for overnight while the data is injected to the system. Consider you have a new application which refreshes the page every-time a new news is added. Keeping the application open and injecting news to check how the application performs.
5. Spike testing: Spike testing is a type of performance testing where the load is suddenly increased and decreased and vice-versa to check how the application performs.
Ex: Consider the system can handle only 1000 users in an application. Load of 900 users is applied and suddenly the load is brought down to 100 and vice versa to check how the system performs
6. Scalability testing: Scalability testing is a type of performance testing where the system is tested once the load of the system is increased to meet the growing need