= BluePrint: Load Test =
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The tests are located in {{{modules/tests/load}}}

==  Load Test Parameters ==
Load Tests can be developed for different 
=== Template === 
Which template is being tested
 
=== Arrival Rate of Users === 
The number of simultaneous users can be determined from this by knowing the number of requested in the sessions and assuming an average # requests / user / second.

=== Sessions === 
Which sessions are bing tested and how many of each
* 20% create_staff
* 40% search_staff
* 40% report_staff

=== Number of Records === 
The number of additional records which should be created prior to running the load tests to test the response for a large number of records.

=== Server Being Testing ===
This should be defined in the Test Case file, but there should also be deployment setting which can be an override for ALL test cases.

==  Load Test Files ==

=== Test Cases ===
{{{modules/tests/load/cases/}}}[[BR]]
Load tests can be run for a number of different test cases. Each test case will specify the exact parameters for the load test

=== Template Helper Files ===
{{{modules/tests/helpers/templates/}}}[[BR]]
These will be template specific files that record the template specific static files to be downloaded on each page.

=== Session Files ===
{{{modules/tests/sessions/}}}[[BR]]
These are the different sessions being tested.

Example
* ??

=== Helper Files ===
{{{modules/tests/helpers/}}}[[BR]]
Requests which will be common to many tests. [[BR]]
These can be reused in multiple sessions.[[BR]]
Example:
* login requests will be common to all tests which require login

=== Data Files ===
{{{modules/tests/load/data}}}
Scripts to create additional records to test the load with a large number of records.
This will both add records directly to the database to test the server with a large number of records as well as create a CSV file of records which can be added by load tests.

== Load Test Process ==

=== 1. Config Load Test ===

=== 2. Create Records ===

=== 3. Run Load Tests ===

=== 4. Report Results ===

== Load Test Reports ==
* Response time (i.e. time between the server receiving a request and the server sending a response)
* Error rate (i.e. pages timing out or malfunctioning)
* Resource utilization:
 * CPU load
 * RAM consumption
 * database connections/queries
 * number of server processes

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