Tag: Hardware

Online gaming is booming, and the demand for online games will be persistent in upcoming years. The global gaming market was valued at USD 173.70 billion in 2020, and it is expected to reach a value of USD 314.40 billion by 2026. One of the important growth factors is, perhaps, the pandemic, since multiple lockdowns made people stay at homes and turn to game platforms to pass the time. But it also created unexpected load growth on gaming servers all around the world.
Obviously, in such circumstances the QA sector of load testing for online games is increasing, too. In this article, we will outline what is load testing in games, why it is an absolute must to performance test games on a regular basis, what types of performance tests are applicable in the online gamedev industry.

Mobile games require performance testing before they hit the markets, otherwise a game built for a high-end device can get complained about by thousands of users and cause financial and reputational losses. Luckily, most key market players do realize it and run performance and load tests on a regular basis, during development, before every next release, etc., so the testing process becomes a necessary routine.

The advent of smart devices in the past decade has been a milestone for the human race. The Internet of Things, along with advanced analytics and data science, are the face of digital transformation. According to one report, 79% of US consumers use at least one connected device in their homes. From smartphones, lightbulbs, and […]

Load testing is necessary when deploying any new system or redistributing data streams among existing systems. I think everybody knows this or at least would guess this is the case.Everything seems simple: grab your load testing tool, record some traffic, get some scripts, run your tests, and enjoy the process. At least that’s the theory… […]

We faced the task of checking the stability of the Wi-Fi-based media broadcast service. And this was a real challenge, because we had not previously load tested hardware, only software.

By simulating the behavior of 50 independent passengers whose mobile devices can connect to the tested service after the plane’s ascent. Their devices should provide them with a choice of various audio and video content: movies, TV series, music, audio books, and cartoons.

In order to ensure that computer systems work in the way anticipated by business managers, regulatory agencies usually require a validation process be set in place. Ignoring this step might result in datum corruption, compromise to its integrity, risk for the company’s clients, and a lower level of trust.  Implementing Computer System Validation requires guidance […]