Amazon Interview Question
Quality Assurance EngineersCountry: United States
Interview Type: Phone Interview
Load Test : is all about checking application performance under different types of load. For Eg. In case of web site , Different number of hits per second.
Stress Test : is about checking the application behavior under a specified load.
In both test tests : Memory and CPU utilization , Throughput , Response time, Processing time etc. things are important.
Performance Testing:- is nothing but to test the performance of the testing application or system and to monitor the system performance under high load conditions etc.
- naps April 30, 2014Diff between Load testing and Stress testing
Load Testing:- is that in which we are applying the load till its end point i.e. let say if we are testing a website which is capable to take the load of 100 diff http users.Then we will apply the load from 1 to 100 (its upper limit only ) and check the performance in terms of speed, sustainability etc.
Stress Testing:- In stress testing we are testing the application by applying the load beyond its upper limit. i.e. more than 100 diff http users and then check it performance etc.