Can you explain what is load testing?

[Vijay]

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What is load testing?

[Vijay]

Load testing- To test if application can works under load which is simulated using some load testing tools like LoadRunner to create virtual user load on application. This is to test if application works fine under peak usage.

[Rahul Pahwa]

Hi..

Load testing basically referred as testing application against various virtual clients. Theres a n number of virtual client which can hit the application on a single instance.

The 5 main steps of LR is:
1) Plan Load test
2) Virtual user scripts
3) Defining a Scenario
4) Running a Scenario
5) Result analyzation

[prajeshbe]

Hi,

If you are developing a website WWW.example.com and you have finished testing the website and the functionalities are working fine as client's expectation. Now the client is asking you to test whether this site is capable of withstanding 100 users at a time?

Now you will test the website with 100 no of users. This is called Load Testing.

"Testing the website's capability of withstanding known or Limited no of users is called Load Testing"

Correct me if i am wrong.
Thanks,
Rajesh.

[mfarooqi]

Load Testing is some what testing the desired application under specific load. Load can be concurrent number of transactions in case of any Transaction Processing application, it can number of parallel users access the website. When you test the application under load and monitor all application functions working properly, then increase the load on application and test the application to its peak. This process is called Load Testing.
 

[jtlw]

Load testing is the process of putting demand on a system or device and measuring its response.

[Ramkumar]

Load testing is the type of Performance testing, Load testing usually conducted to understand the application behavior under expected user load.

[EDiva75]

Can you recommend any LoadRunner tutorials in book or online format?