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Stress Testing Steps

Source: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnpag/html/scalenetchapt16.asp
* Step 1. Identify key scenario(s).
* Step 2. Identify workload.
* Step 3. Identify the metrics.
* Step 4. Create test cases.
* Step 5. Simulate load.
* Step 6. Analyze the results.

Step 1. Identify key scenario(s).

* Identify the application scenario or cases that need to be stress tested to identify potential problems.

Step 2. Identify workload.

* Identify the workload that you want to apply to the scenarios identified in step 1. This is based on the workload and peak load capacity inputs.

Step 3. Identify the metrics.

* Identify the metrics that you want to collect about the application. Base these metrics on the potential problems identified for the scenarios you identified in step 1.

Step 4. Create test cases.

* Create the test cases where you define steps for running a single test and your expected results.

Step 5. Simulate load.

* Use test tools to simulate the required load for each test case and capture the metric data results.

Step 6. Analyze the results.

* Analyze the metric data captured during the test.

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