Factors Governing the Performance Testing

Before learning more about performance testing, it is interesting to know the factors governing performance testing.

in Summary I am listing out here the factors governing PT(here onwards, PT: Performance Testing):

1.Throughput
2.Response Time
3.Availability
4.Capacity Planning
5.Competitive analysis and Benchmarking of our product
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1.Throughput:

As we discussed earlier, a product is expected to handle multiple transactions in a given period.

The capability of the System in handling the multiple transactions is determined by a factor called throughput.

It represents, Number of requests /Business transactions processed by the product in a specified time duration.

Please understand that throughput varies in accordance with the load n the system/Product(I am using system and product interchangeably)

For example,in below figure, we can observe that the throughput increases as the load on the system increases till certain point reaches. that means, the system is capable of handling the requests made by users and can deliver effectively with in the time limits.