{"id":1109,"date":"2020-03-13T16:00:43","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T10:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gallop.net\/blog\/?p=1109"},"modified":"2022-07-27T16:31:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T11:01:42","slug":"strategy-for-the-performance-testing-in-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigniti.com\/blog\/strategy-for-the-performance-testing-in-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"What should be your strategy for Performance Testing in the Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cloud computing is changing the way application<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0are deployed, monitored<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0and used by the end<\/span>–<\/span>users. Cloud offers a virtually<\/span>–<\/span>infinite pool of resources for computing, storage<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0and networking resources where applications can be scaled as desired.<\/span>\u00a0But it is important to\u00a0<\/span>measure the performance of these applications in the cloud<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>Performance is the utmost factor in testing a web application as it directly impacts the end<\/span>–<\/span>user experience.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However,\u00a0<\/span>Performance\u00a0<\/span>testing in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>cloud is different from that of traditional applications. The main aim of Performance testing is to measure the parameters such as system throughput<\/span>\u00a0&<\/span>\u00a0latency with changing number of parallel users accessing your application, with different load profiles<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0and various other performance metrics. In Cloud infra, this becomes a bit more typical with various virtual machines coming into play.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Understanding the cloud<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cloud is a pay-per-use kind of model which you can scale whenever you want. You can demand the additional resources required and it will be allocated to you. With a high degree of location independence, virtual resources are dynamically assigned and reassigned according to the customers<\/span>\u2019<\/span>\u00a0need<\/span>s<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of the metrics which are important for a successful\u00a0<\/span>cloud\u00a0<\/span>implementation are storage, processing, bandwidth<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>number of users accessing it at any given point. Elasticity is one of the major factors for the cloud infrastructure as it defines the cloud\u2019s ability to deal with varying load variations by adding more resources during high load or consolidating the users to fewer points when the load decreases, all in a live cloud setup. Scalability,\u00a0<\/span>availability<\/span>, fault tolerance<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0and re<\/span>liability are other factors\u00a0<\/span>that<\/span>\u00a0define a good cloud infrastructure.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Moving performance and load<\/span>–<\/span>based application testing to the cloud lower<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0capital and operational costs and\u00a0<\/span>offers\u00a0<\/span>support for distributed development & testing teams.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cloud-based testing\u00a0<\/span>allows<\/span>\u00a0you\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>get the maximum<\/span>\u00a0performance<\/span>\u00a0by utilizing a cost-effective means of testing applications at scale. It also allows you to simulate load tests constituting millions of concurrent users coming from multiple geographical locations.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Below are the types of performance tests you\u00a0<\/span>should conduct<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n