Engineering:Stress testing (computing)

Short description: Testing the stability of something by finding its breaking point

Stress test}}In computing, stress testing (sometimes called torture testing) can be applied to either hardware or software. It is used to determine the maximum capability of a computer system and is often used for purposes such as scaling for production use and ensuring reliability and stability. Stress tests typically involve running a large amount of resource-intensive processes until the system either crashes or nearly does so.

Hardware

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Software

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See also

• Burn-in
• Destructive testing
• Load and performance test tools
• Black box testing
• Load testing
• Software performance testing
• Scenario analysis
• Simulation
• Software testing
• White box testing
• Technischer Überwachungsverein (TÜV) – product testing and certification
• Concurrency testing using the CHESS model checker
• Jinx automates stress testing by automatically exploring unlikely execution scenarios.
• Highly accelerated life test