Users don't like slow applications. And if an app stalls intermittently or consistently, users are likely to avoid it in the future. When testers create performance tests, their main objective is to ...

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A customer wants a new server to dedicate to its latest high-transaction Web app. Traffic on the current site is heavy and is expected to double in a year. What's needed is an accurate and reliable ...

Database reliability extends beyond the ACID tests that most software professionals know. Database testing is divided into functional testing, ACID validation and performance testing. Functional tests ...