Web based testing — An optimal solution to handle peak load

Abstract

Software Testing is a difficult task and testing web applications may be even more difficult due to peculiarities of such applications. One way to assess IT infrastructure performance is through load testing, which lets you assess how your Web site supports its expected workload by running a specified set of scripts that emulate customer behavior at different load levels. This paper describe the QoS factors load testing addresses, how to conduct load testing, and how it addresses business needs at several requirement levels and presents the efficiency of web based applications in terms of QoS, throughput and Response Time.