Stress testing (computing)
(Redirected from Torture testing)
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "other uses".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.[1] Stress tests typically involve running a large amount of resource-intensive processes until the system either crashes or nearly does
Hardware
Software
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
References
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