Non-functional testing
The non-functional aspects of a system can require considerable effort to test. Within this group it can be found different means of testing, for example, performance testing conducted to evaluate the compliance of a SUT with specified performance requirements. These requirements usually include constraints about the time behavior and resource usage. Performance testing may measure response time with a single user exercising the system or with multiple users exercising the system. Load testing is focused on increasing the load on the system to some stated or implied maximum load, to verify the system can handle the defined system boundaries. Volume testing is often considered synonymous with load testing, yet volume ...
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