Automatic feedback, control-based, stress and load testing
Mohamad Bayan, João W. Cangussu · 2008
Stress and load testing are of special interest to many segments of the software industry. However, existing approaches present limitations with respect to automation and applicability. While some approaches present an automated solution, they lack in terms of applicability. A fully automated approach with high applicability is proposed here. The approach is based on the use of a PID controller to automatically drive the inputs and to achieve a pre-specified level of stress/load for resources of interest. The approach also allows for automatic identification of inputs impacting the resources. An experiment along with multiple simulation runs are presented as an indication of the applicability and accuracy of the proposed approach.