Timing for both read and update transactions should be
gathered to determine whether system functions are being
performed in an acceptable timeframe. This should be done
standalone and then in a multi user environment to determine
the effect of multiple transactions on the timing of a
single transaction.

Performance testing is nothing but checking the server 
responses (i.e,how much time the server has taken to 
process a request),monitoring and Tunning .


Maheshwar
maheshwar_sonu@yahoo.co.in

Performance testing is a decipline concerned with 
determining and reporting the current performance of a 
software application under varipus parameters.

it is a type of testing in which one will apply the 
predefined quantified request in the application and check 
for its response time.