Operations, maintenance and contracts
Load test
In short and in plain language
A load test shows how many visitors and orders a shop can take at once.
Many fake visits are made on purpose. Then people watch when the shop slows down or shows errors.
People often do it before a campaign, when many visitors are due.
Definition
A load test checks how many simultaneous visitors and orders a shop can handle. For this, visits are generated artificially, and it is observed when the shop slows down or errors occur. It is often carried out before campaigns with expected high visitor numbers.