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Stress-endurance test


The main variable in the case of reliability testing is the period of time (the duration) for which the test is executed. However, we find that running the stress test for a very long duration at levels much higher than maximum system capacity, but below the breaking-point, is able to show small and otherwise elusive memory leaks as well as any slow throughput degradation much quicker than a reliability test. It is almost like looking at these bottlenecks through a magnifying glass. However, the trade-off is that the response times of such a test cannot be very useful as a reliability test since the stress endurance test will be run at the maximum system capacity, beyond the maximum business capacity.