| Stress testing is a generic term used to describe the process of putting a system through exertion or stress. The Stress test can combine aspects of performance testing and security testing. An example in case is the process of stress testing firewalls which require concurrent system loads combined with actual attacks against the component. Stress testing is typically used to benchmark a systems performance to determine a systems upper performance limits and to verify how a system recovers when the workload is reduced. |
