Difference between perf testing / Stress testing / Load testing

Just refer from other article. Will read when have time.

http://agiletesting.blogspot.com/2005/02/performance-vs-load-vs-stress-testing.html

 

So following is my understanding:

 

Perf testing: Testing in a common data volumn or transaction, and need to figure out how to eliminate the bottleneck and establish the baseline for regress test.

 

Load Testing: For load testing, it will constantly increase the load via some automation tools and we need to figure out the max throughput of the system. For web application, we will simulate the concurrent user requestion via Visual Studio load testing tool.

 

Stress testing: Try to break the system by overwhelming it's resources, for example, just take some resources away. In some case, it's a bit like the "negtive testing". And we need to make sure under such condition, the system fails and recover gracefully.