WebObjects® Developer's Guide

Stress Testing Applications

Now we'll take a look at a very important part of deployment testing. If you are uncertain how your application will fair live, it can be comforting to perform what is known as stress testing or load testing.

Introduction to Stress Testing in WebObjects

We attempt to simulate a live application deployment in a stress test. You will have to make an estimate of how many users that you might experience on average. In particular, it is helpful to make an estimate of the load the application server might experience at launch because this is likely to be several times greater than average. Also, it is perhaps better to prepare for an application launch because first impressions are very important. You probably don't want ...