I got a website to test its performance. The website is backed by a SQL Server database.
I am not quite sure about how the RPS (Request Per Second) is related to the performance test. And how should I set my RPS. Someone told me that if the RPS is too high, the performance test is meaningless. Why?
Thanks.
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Do you want to test the performance or do you want to measure it - like measuring actual peak performance?
For testing, you usually have a performance spec, like saying, "the web site shall be able to handle 150 request per second". Then you create a test suite that sends 150 requests per second and you verifiy, that all requests are handled with the specified service quality.
For measuring - again you need one input: a specification, that tells you you maximum allowed time between an incoming request and an outgoing response. Then you could increase the RPS rate until the limits are reached.
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