What do I need to know to do load testing in addition to knowing how to use the LoadRunner tool?
Unlike functional testing you need to know more than just how the application under test functions. You need to know how the components behind the client work and what the performance issues for the components are. Specifically, you need to know the following knowledge and skills: Components such as web servers, application servers, database servers, operating systems, networks and network elements such as load balancers. You need not have \"guru\" level knowledge of each of the components but should have operational knowledge and an understanding of the performance issues associated with the components. For example, a load tester should know what multi-way joins, indexes and spin counts are and what affect they have on a database server. Protocol(s) used between the client and server such as HTTP/HTML, ODBC, SQL*NET, and DCOM. C. The LoadRunner script language is ANSI C. It helps to know the C language, but the scripts are generated and manipulated by LoadRunner, so there is
