The first step to load test planning is analyzing the client/server system. You should
become thoroughly familiar with the hardware and software components,
the
system configuration, and the typical usage model. This analysis ensures that the
testing environment you create using LoadRunner will accurately reflect the
environment and configuration of the system under test.
Once you decide on your general load testing objectives, you should provide more
focused goals by stating your objectives in measurable terms. To provide a
baseline for evaluation, determine exactly what constitutes acceptable and
unacceptable test results.
For example:
General Objective - Product Evaluation: choose hardware for the database
server.
Focused Objective - Product Evaluation: run the same group of 300 virtual users
on two different servers, HP and SUN Sparc 6000. When all 300 users
simultaneously perform five pre-defined queries, determine which hardware gives
a better response time.