Benefits of Load Testing on the Cloud

As today’s business world goes under constant development, the demand for more advanced, secure and constantly available software increases.

This calls for continuous software development, and parallel to that; Testing

Internet-based new testing processes use online platforms for data storage and cloud-based testing is an example to this.
Cloud computing is a virtual and online platform that provides a range of services that requires little to no on-premise hardware.
Cloud testing is a testing procedure which makes use of this concept.

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1. Benefits of Load Testing on the Cloud
2. • As today’s business world goes under constant development, the demand for more advanced, secure and constantly available software increases. This calls for continuous software development, and parallel to that; Testing • Internet-based new testing processes use online platforms for data storage and cloud-based testing is an example to this. • Cloud computing is a virtual and online platform that provides a range of services that requires little to no on-premise hardware. • Cloud testing is a testing procedure which makes use of this concept. Cloud Computing
3. Load Testing ▸ Load Testing can be done with or without cloud-based computing ▸ Why should anyone opt for a Load Testing solution on the cloud, rather than an on-premise solution?
4. Peak Load Times • In regular conditions (when no other parameter changes except time), demand for a product is considered constant within a selected period of time. • For example, there is always demand for ice cream during summer, which is considerably constant if all days of summer are the same. • But what if there was a spike, a sudden increase in the demand for ice cream, due to, let’s say, extremely hot weather?
5. How exactly would markets cope with this spike?
6. ▸ Businesses who are concerned about increasing their profits, simply don’t have the luxury to be unavailable when there is high demand for them. ▸ Load Testing is a testing procedure which provides a detailed diagnosis of the software showing the demand that the software can endure, to the point where it cannot. Load Testing
7. On-Premise LOAD TESTING Cloud-based There are two ways to carry out Load Tests, which are:
8. On-Premise Load Testing ▸ On-premise testing is a way of testing that requires physical storage of data on-premise. ▸ This is most undesired because of the space required for the physical storage, and because of the initial budget it requires. ▸ However, in this case there is a more controllable environment due to the fact that businesses do not have to give their data to an online cloud platform. ▸ On the other hand, on-premise testing is biased, because the environments provided are in ideal conditions, whereas in real world, every computer has a different set-up than that environment and businesses cannot account for that variable.
9. Cloud-based Load Testing ▸ Even though on-premise testing seems like the better way just because it has more control over data, there are more advantages in using Cloud- Based Load Testing. Let’s see what these advantages are;
10. Cloud-based Load Testing Advantages Cost Effectiveness No Problems due to Hardware Reliability
11. Easy Implementation Flexibility Worldwide Readiness Cloud-based Load Testing Advantages
12. ▸ No Problems due to Hardware: On-premise testing requires hardware to be present ▸ Hardware requires initial set-up ▸ Cloud testing gives no room for any trouble with the hardware ▸ Cloud testing is remotely controlled and takes up no space ▸ Cost Effectiveness: Hardware needs initial set-up and constant maintenance. ▸ This initial setting up process incurs a high cost from the very beginning, and constant maintenance is also an additional burden on the budget. Advantages of Cloud-based Load Testing
13. ▸ Reliability: On-premise testing processes may fail due to not having enough computing power. ▸ Cloud testing provides more reliability compared to on- premise testing ▸ Cloud testing ensures a sufficient computing power when high number of virtual users are required for Load Tests ▸ Time scheduling is also possible Advantages of Cloud-based Load Testing ▸ Flexibility: On-premise testing lets businesses have more control over their data in contrast to cloud testing, however; cloud testing lets businesses load or unload their data according to their preferences, which makes up for this disadvantage.
14. ▸ Easy implementation: With on-premise testing, businesses need to have a team to set up and maintain a back-end, on the contrary, cloud testing has no back-end technicalities that businesses have to worry about. ▸ Cloud testing is a 100% online platform which is easily manageable. Advantages of Cloud-based Load Testing ▸ Worldwide readiness: Compared to this, cloud testing enables businesses to carry out tests across different geographies since cloud data centers are located all around the world. ▸ With cloud testing, adding virtual users in different locations is possible.
15. THANK YOU Evaluating these reasons, we can easily come to a conclusion that a cloud-based Load Testing option is far more advantageous compared to on-premise. Loadium offers a Cloud-based Load Testing solution, click here to check it out!