Scalability testing
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Scalability Testing, part of the battery of non-functional tests
, is the testing of a software application for measuring its capability to scale up
or scale out - in terms of any of its non-functional capability - be it the user load supported, the number of transactions, the data volume etc.
Performance
, scalability
and reliability
are usually considered together by software quality analysts.
Non-functional tests
Non-functional testing is the testing of a software application for its non-functional requirements. The names of many non-functional tests are often used interchangeably because of the overlap in scope between various non-functional requirements...
, is the testing of a software application for measuring its capability to scale up
Scalability
In electronics scalability is the ability of a system, network, or process, to handle growing amount of work in a graceful manner or its ability to be enlarged to accommodate that growth...
or scale out - in terms of any of its non-functional capability - be it the user load supported, the number of transactions, the data volume etc.
Performance
Performance analysis
In software engineering, profiling is a form of dynamic program analysis that measures, for example, the usage of memory, the usage of particular instructions, or frequency and duration of function calls...
, scalability
Scalability
In electronics scalability is the ability of a system, network, or process, to handle growing amount of work in a graceful manner or its ability to be enlarged to accommodate that growth...
and reliability
Reliability engineering
Reliability engineering is an engineering field, that deals with the study, evaluation, and life-cycle management of reliability: the ability of a system or component to perform its required functions under stated conditions for a specified period of time. It is often measured as a probability of...
are usually considered together by software quality analysts.