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Three tips for successful application performance testing


Bill Schneider
11.27.2007
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Testing database-backed applications for performance can be a daunting task. The worst-case scenario: Performance testing efforts drain engineering resources and yet somehow nasty surprises still manage to pop up in production.

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p>These three tips can help you get the most out of your application performance testing efforts.

By keeping these tips in mind, your performance testing efforts will be more productive and less stressful. Happy testing!


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