Siebel Load and Performance Testing.

Siebel Load and Performance Testing

Unlike functional testing, performance testing works on a protocol level, in the case of Siebel that's done by simulating the HTTP requests that the Siebel UI generates. We can use any web testing tool for testing the Siebel Application.

The Siebel Test Automation framework allows you to implement secure access to test automation, in which the SWE requires a password to generate test automation information. This is useful for real-time testing in a production environment, and can be integrated with system monitoring tools.

Load testing can help you ensure that your Siebel application will perform and scale under real user workloads once it’s deployed to production. This can help you ensure that it will be able to withstand the expected number of concurrent users while maintaining acceptable performance and response times.It can also help you identify and address critical bottlenecks prior to deployment. Monitoring the components of your Siebel environment during load testing is extremely important.

Stress testing can be performed to test beyond the limits of normal operation and helps you assess the capacity and scalability of your application infrastructure automated load testing for Siebel has its own challenges. 

Advantages and Disadvantages of Performance Testing over the Cloud

Performance Testing over the Cloud

Cloud computing is becoming more and more famous and mature with the time and its usage has been increased exponentially. Performance engineers setup the copy of the production system in cloud and deploy load injectors on different geographical locations over the cloud to effectively perform the load test.

Advantages

• Cloud testing provides the flexibility of deploying the production system on discrete environment to conveniently test the application
• It’s extremely simple to fix the defects and quickly configure the changes
• It reduces the test cost due to its convenient rental models
• It provides greater test control to simulate required user load and to identify and simulate the bottlenecks

Disadvantages

• Security and privacy of data is the biggest concern in cloud computing
• Cloud computing works on-line and completely depends on the network connection speed
• Complete dependency on Cloud Service Provider for quality of service
• Although cloud hosting is a lot cheaper in long run but its initial cost is usually higher than the traditional technologies
• Although it’s a short-term issue due to the emerging technology and it’s difficult to upgrade it without losing the data