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Evaluating an application, system, or network performance under specific load conditions or increasing levels of load
Involves simulating real-world usage scenarios and gradually increasing load to observe system behavior
There is nuance in the types of load tests
Requests per second (RPS): Total number of requests generated per second during the test
RPS = (number of requests) / (total time in seconds) Virtual users = (RPS) * (latency in seconds)