Friday 9 December 2011

Why do we need a dryrun?

Why is a Dryrun?
Before executing any actual test we execute same scripts for a smaller duration of time. This is called as a Dryrun.

Why do we need this?
There are few important reasons why we perform a dryrun before we begin our actual test

  • Server warm-up (Usually servers are bounced before starting the test. Its a good practice in fact)
  • Checking for transaction failures (script errors or server side issues or application issues)
  • To avoid caching issues which might create outliers

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