What is the difference between load and stress testing?

Technology CommunityCategory: TestingWhat is the difference between load and stress testing?
VietMX Staff asked 3 years ago

load test is usually conducted to understand the behaviour of the system under a specific expected load. This load can be the expected concurrent number of users on the application performing a specific number of transactions within the set duration. This test will give out the response times of all the important business critical transactions.

stress testing instead is performed to understand the upper limits of capacity within the system. This kind of test is done to determine the system’s robustness in terms of extreme load and helps application administrators to determine if the system will perform sufficiently if the current load goes well above the expected maximum.