Difference between LOAD, STRESS and VOLUME

I have read lot of stuff on this topic… according to my experience it takes atleast 15 minutes to  1 hour to read and understand this.

Here you can understand this in minimum of 2 minutes and maximum of 5 minutes.

LOAD TESTING:

Testing an application or a software under heavy but expected loads is known as Load Testing.

Example: In load testing if there are 200 users defined i.e. load for the extent an application can bear then the load is increased only to this extent.

STRESS TESTING:

Testing an application or a software under unusual loads is known as Stress Testing.

Example: In load testing if there are 200 users defined i.e. load for the extent an application can bear then the load is increased more than 200 and check at which point application starts to degrade or stop working.

VOLUME TESTING:

Testing an application or a software by entering the variety of data in the system. The maximum data at which system starts to degrade.

By this we can conclude…

– LOAD TESTING is a way to test PERFORMANCE of application.

– STRESS TESTING is a way to test RELIABILITY of application.

– VOLUME TESTING is a way to test FUNCTIONALITY of application.

I hope this quick overview was helpful to you.