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High availability testing is to test the availability of back up servers when the actual servers fail. The proper or uninterrupted functioning of a system all the time so that the users will not face any trouble while accessing the system is what high availability means. It does not mean that system undergo any failure but the High availability system is designed to manage failures so that the services are restored and neglected to have an adverse impact on users.

High availability testing helps in finding the errors or bugs that will cause an adverse effect on the system functions. It helps in gaining the insight behaviour of the system under failover situations for developers. Failover is that the event that avoids the cause of negative impacts on the primary system failure by automatically shifting to the high reliable back up. Failure of single system doesn’t mean failure of entire system because redundancy is added to the system. This type of testing helps to overcome or determine mean time between failures and arithmetic calculation between average time a device operates before a failure. The objectives behind the high availability testing are:

  • Service Reliability
  • To check the system capability of system design for high  availability
  • Mean time Between Failure
  • Prevent outright failures of online cloud service
  • Design fault model

High availability means a system is continuously operational for a relative long length of time. Availability can be measured as 100 percent a widely held or difficult to achieve standard availability for a standard product known as 5 9’s(99.999)%. There are two approaches for storage of a redundant data for an independent disk is one approach(RAID). More common approach is Storage area network(SAN). The following are the High availability techniques

  1. Reliability engineering
  2. Change Management
  3. Configuration Management
  4. Capacity management
  5. Runbook Automation
  6. Load Balancing
  7. Failure detection
  8. Failover
  9. Service desk
  10. Incident management
  11. Problem Management

As you reach to the higher level of reliability, several things happen to the system. The cost of hardware rise due to increase in the server, network and disk redundancy. Identifying and eliminating the failures become highly difficult. In case of designing the high availability test cases like converting the faults occurred from fault modelling to actionable test cases.

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Categorising test cases into

  • Component level fault test cases which is  within the machine boundary
  • System level fault test cases.
  • Third party test cases.
  • Infrastructure level and operational level fault test cases.

It is not enough to conduct high availability testing during pre production environment as infrastructure and maintenances factors are different from production environment. Faults related to software, hardware are environment specific and often witnesses  scaling, addition of new data centres. All aspects make testing in production environment to high availability of system resources.

Robustness testing strategy of high availability.

Robustness is defined as an approach in which the system operates correctly in the presence of exceptional inputs under stressful conditions. The first step is to identify the potential sources to activate the robustness faults in high availability middleware systems. With the development of common interface the comparison of multiple products for high availability is achieved. The approach of robustness testing is similar to the functional black box testing but it concentrates on the activation of potential robustness faults by providing exceptional inputs and generating stressful conditions.

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  1. What is high availability testing?
  2. What are the objectives of High availability testing?
  3. What are the testing techniques used for this type of testing?
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  1. 1. High availability testing: It is to test the availability of backup servers when the actual servers fail. It helps in finding the errors or bugs that will cause an adverse effect on system functions. It helps in gaining the insight behavior of the system under failover situations foe developers.
    2. Objectives:
    -Service reliability
    -To check the system capability of system design for high availability.
    -Mean time between failure
    -Prevent outright failures of online cloud service.
    -Design fault model.
    3. Techniques:
    -Reliability engineering
    -Change management
    -Configuration management
    -Capability management
    -Runbook automation
    -Load balancing
    -Failure detection
    -Failover
    -Service desk
    -Incident management
    -Problem management

  2. 1. High availability testing is to test the availability of backup servers when the actual servers fail.
    2. Objectives:
    – Service Reliability
    – To check the system capability of system design for high availability
    – Mean time between failure
    – Prevent outright failures of online cloud service
    – Design fault model
    3. High availability testing techniques:
    -Reliability engineering
    -Change Management
    -Configuration Management
    -Capacity management
    -Runbook Automation
    -Load Balancing
    -Failure detection
    -Failover
    -Service desk
    -Incident management
    -Problem Management

  3. 1. High availability testing is to test the availability of back up servers when the actual servers fail.

    2. Objectives …..
    Service Reliability
    To check the system capability of system design for high availability
    Mean time Between Failure
    Prevent outright failures of online cloud service
    Design fault model

    3. Testing technique…
    Reliability engineering
    Change Management
    Configuration Management
    Capacity management
    Runbook Automation
    Load Balancing
    Failure detection
    Failover
    Service desk
    Incident management
    Problem Management

  4. High availability means system is continuously available for longer period of time performing accurately and efficiently when under lot of stress and negative conditions apply and this can be achieved by conducting High availability testing which tests the availability of back up servers when the actual server fails. The back up server increases the redundancy of the system and makes it more reliable.
    Objectives of high availability testing are to provide system reliability, preventing crashing of system under stressful conditions , figure out the mean time between failure. The techniques for performing high availability testing are Reliability engineering, Change Management,Configuration city Management, Run book Automation,Load Balancing,Failure detection, Fail over, Service desk, Incident Management, Problem Management.

  5. High availability means the proper or uninterrupted functioning of a system all the time so that the users will not face any trouble while accessing the system.So High availability testing is to test the availability of back up servers when the actual servers fail.
    The Objectives of High availability testing are:
    *Service Reliability
    *To check the system capability of system design for high availability
    *Mean time Between Failure
    *Prevent outright failures of online cloud service
    *Design fault model

    The techniques of high availability testing are:
    Reliability engineering
    Change Management
    Configuration Management
    Capacity management
    Runbook Automation
    Load Balancing
    Failure detection
    Failover
    Service desk
    Incident management
    Problem Management

  6. HIGH AVAILIBITY TESTING
    1. High availability testing is done to make sure there is a backup server to perform when the actual server fails.
    2. The objectives include: service reliability, to check the system capability, and to check mean time between failure.
    3. Techniques include: reliability engineering, change management, configurement management, and capacity management.

  7. ) High availability testing is to test the availability of back up servers when the actual servers fail.

    2) The objectives behind the high availability testing are:
    Service Reliability
    To check the system capability of system design for high availability
    Mean time Between Failure
    Prevent outright failures of online cloud service
    Design fault model

    3)The following are the High availability techniques
    Reliability engineering
    Change Management
    Configuration Management
    Capacity management
    Runbook Automation
    Load Balancing
    Failure detection
    Failover
    Service desk
    Incident management
    Problem Management

  8. High availability testing is to test the availability of back up servers when the actual server fails.
    The objectives include: service reliability, to check the system capability, and to check mean time between failure.
    Techniques include: reliability engineering, change Management, Configuration Management, and capacity management etc.

  9. High Availability testing is a type of testing where it verifies the the availability of back up servers when the main server fails.
    Objectives:
    Service Reliability
    To check the system capability of system design for high availability
    Mean time Between Failure
    Prevent outright failures of online cloud service
    Design fault model
    TEsting Techniques:
    Reliability engineering
    Change Management
    Configuration Management
    Capacity management
    Runbook Automation
    Load Balancing
    Failure detection
    Failover
    Service desk
    Incident management
    Problem Management

  10. High availability testing:
    High availability testing is to test the availability of back up servers when the actual servers fail.

    Objectives of High availability testing:
    – Service Reliability
    – To check the system capability of system design for high availability
    – Mean time Between Failure
    – Prevent outright failures of online cloud service
    – Design fault model

    Testing techniques for High Availability Testing:
    – Reliability engineering
    – Change Management
    – Configuration Management
    – Capacity management
    – Runbook Automation
    – Load Balancing
    – Failure detection
    – Failover
    – Service desk
    – Incident management
    – Problem Management

  11. High availability testing is to test the availability of back up servers when the actual servers fail.. It does not mean that system undergo any failure but the High availability system is designed to manage failures so that the services are restored and neglected to have an adverse impact on users.
    The objectives behind the high availability testing are:
    Service Reliability
    To check the system capability of system design for high availability
    Mean time Between Failure
    Prevent outright failures of online cloud service
    Design fault model
    High availability techniques:
    Reliability engineering
    Change Management
    Configuration Management
    Capacity management
    Run book Automation
    Load Balancing
    Failure detection
    Fail over
    Service desk
    Incident management
    Problem Management

  12. High availability testing: When actual server fail then what is the performance or reliability of the backup server. It protect any the system from any kinds of defectiveness that end user face. So the point is that user should not face any impact of the failure in the server.
    Objectives of High availability testing:
    -Service Reliability
    -Check the system capability of system design for high availability
    – Time Between Failure
    -Prevent outright failures of online cloud service
    -Design fault model

    Testing techniques used for this type of testing
    -Reliability engineering
    -Change Management
    -Configuration Management
    -Capacity management
    -Run book Automation
    -Load Balancing
    -Failure detection
    -Fail over
    -Service desk
    -Incident management
    -Problem Management

  13. 1. High availability testing assures the durability and consistency of systems to work for long time without failing. Meaning there are available reliable backup servers to take over as a failover in the event of actual server crash. This type of testing is done to ensure continuous user operations without interruptions.
    2. The High availability testing Objectives are:
    Service reliability
    To check the system capability of system design for high availability.
    Mean time between failure
    Prevent outright failures of online cloud service.
    Design fault model.
    3. The High availability testing Techniques are:
    Reliability engineering
    Change management
    Configuration management
    Capability management
    Runbook automation
    Load balancing
    Failure detection
    Failover
    Service desk
    Incident management
    Problem management

  14. 1.High availability testing is to test the availability of back up servers when the actual servers fail.

    2.The objective of High Availability testing are:
    Service Reliability
    To check the system capability of system design for high availability
    Mean time Between Failure
    Prevent outright failures of online cloud service
    Design fault model.
    3.Techniques:
    Reliability engineering
    Change Management
    Configuration Management
    Capacity management
    Runbook Automation
    Load Balancing
    Failure detection
    Failover
    Service desk
    Incident management
    Problem Management

  15. 1.High availability testing is to test the availability of back up servers when the actual servers fail. The proper or uninterrupted functioning of a system all the time so that the users will not face any trouble while accessing the system is what high availability means.
    2. Service Reliability
    To check the system capability of system design for high availability
    Mean time Between Failure
    Prevent outright failures of online cloud service
    Design fault model
    3. Reliability engineering,Change Management,Configuration Management,Capacity management,Runbook Automation,Load Balancing,Failure detection,Failover,Service desk,Incident management,Problem Management

  16. 1.The test availability of the back up server, when the default server fail is called high availability testing.
    2.The objectives of high availability testing are:
    service reliability, to check system capability of system design for high availability ,mean time between failure, design fault model.
    3.The technique are as follows:
    Reliability engineering, change management ,configuration management, capacity management,runbook automation, load balancing, problem management.

  17. 1. High availability testing refers to systems that are durable and likely to operate continuously without failure for a long time. The term implies that parts of a system have been fully tested and, in many cases, that there are accommodations for failure in the form of redundant components.

    2. Objectives of High availability testing:
    •Service Reliability
    •To check the system capability of system design for high availability
    •Mean time Between Failure
    •Prevent outright failures of online cloud service
    •Design fault model

    3. High Availability testing techniques:
    •Reliability engineering
    •Change management
    •Configuration management
    •Capacity management
    •Runbook automation
    •Load balancing
    •Failure detection

  18. High availability testing is to test the availability of back up servers when the actual servers fail.
    objectives of testing techniques used for :
    1.Service Reliability
    2.To check the system capability of system design for high availability
    3.Mean time Between Failure
    4.Prevent outright failures of online cloud service
    5.Design fault model
    Testing techniques used for High availability testing:
    Reliability engineering
    Change Management
    Configuration Management
    Capacity management
    Runbook Automation
    Load Balancing
    Failure detection
    Failover
    Service desk
    Incident management
    Problem Management

  19. High availability testing: When actual server fail then what is the performance or reliability of the backup server. It protect any the system from any kinds of defectiveness that end user face. So the point is that user should not face any impact of the failure in the server.

    Objectives of High availability testing:
    -Service Reliability
    -Check the system capability of system design for high availability
    – Time Between Failure
    -Prevent outright failures of online cloud service
    -Design fault model

    Testing techniques used for this type of testing
    -Reliability engineering
    -Change Management
    -Configuration Management
    -Capacity management
    -Run book Automation
    -Load Balancing
    -Failure detection
    -Fail over
    -Service desk
    -Incident management
    -Problem Management

  20. 1) What is high availability testing?
    High availability testing is to test the availability of back up servers when the actual servers fail. The proper or uninterrupted functioning of a system all the time so that the users will not face any trouble while accessing the system.
    2) What are the objectives of High availability testing?
    Service Reliability, to check the system capability of system design for high availability
    Mean time Between Failure, Prevent outright failures of online cloud service,
    Design fault model.
    3) What are the testing techniques used for this type of testing?
    Reliability engineering, Change Management, Configuration Management, Capacity management,
    Runbook Automation, Load Balancing, Failure detection, Fail over, Service desk, Incident management,
    Problem Management.

  21. High availability testing is to test the availability of backup servers when the actual server fails. It helps to find the errors or bugs that will cause an adverse effect on the system function.
    Objectives
    Service reliability
    To check the system capability
    Mean time between failure
    Design fault model
    Techniques
    Reliability engineering
    Change management
    Configuration management
    Capacity management
    load balancing
    failure detection

  22. 1.High availability testing is to test the availability of back up servers when the actual servers fail.
    2.The objectives behind the high availability testing are:
    – Service Reliability
    – To check the system capability of system design for high availability
    – Mean time Between Failure
    – Prevent outright failures of online cloud service
    – Design fault model
    3. Techniques used for HAT;
    – Reliability engineering
    – Change Management
    – Configuration Management
    – Capacity management
    – Run book Automation
    – Load Balancing
    – Failure detection
    – Fail over
    – Service desk
    – Incident management
    – Problem Management

  23. 1. High Availability testing means checking/testing the availability of back up servers when the actual servers fail. This type of testing helps to find the errors /bugs that effect the system functions, also helps developers understand the behavior of the system under fail over situations.
    2. The Objective of High Availability Testing are:
    – Service Reliability.
    – To check the system capability of system design for high availability.
    – Mean time Between Failure.
    – Prevent outright failures of online cloud service.
    – Design fault model.
    3. Techniques of High Availability Testing:
    – Reliability engineering
    – Change Management
    – Configuration Management
    – Capacity management
    – Runbook Automation
    – Load Balancing
    – Failure detection
    – Failover
    Service desk
    Incident management
    Problem Management

  24. What is high availability testing? to test the availability of backup servers, when the actual server fail.
    What are the objectives of High availability testing?
    Service reliability, to check the system capability, mean time between failure, design fault model
    What are the testing techniques used for this type of testing?
    Reliability engineering
    Change management
    Configuration management
    Capacity management
    load balancing
    failure detection

  25. High availability testing: It is to test the availability of backup servers when the actual servers fail. It helps in finding the errors or bugs that will cause an adverse effect on system functions. It helps in gaining the insight behavior of the system under failover situations foe developers.
    2. Objectives:
    -Service reliability
    -To check the system capability of system design for high availability.
    -Mean time between failure
    -Prevent outright failures of online cloud service.
    -Design fault model.
    3. Techniques:
    -Reliability engineering
    -Change management
    -Configuration management
    -Capability management
    -Runbook automation
    -Load balancing
    -Failure detection
    -Failover
    -Service desk
    -Incident management
    -Problem management

  26. 1.High availability testing
    It is performed to test the availability of backup servers in case the actual server servers fail.It ensures un interrupted functioning of the system so that user will not face any issues while operating the system.
    It helps in finding the insight behavior of the software under failover situations ,failover is the condition where if the primary software failed the back up software takes over without causing any negative impact to the end user.
    2.Objectives if high availability testing
    -Service Reliability
    -Mean time between failure
    -To check the system capability as design of high availability
    -Prevent outright failures of online cloud services

    3 high availability techniques
    -Reliability engineering
    – change management
    -configuration management
    -help desk
    -incident management
    -problem management
    -failover
    -failure detection

  27. 1. High availability testing is to test the availability of back up servers when the actual servers fail.

    2.objectives are service reliability, check system capability for higher availability, prevent outright failures of online cloud service and mean time between failures.

    3. Techniques involved:
    Reliability engineering
    Change Management
    Configuration Management
    Capacity management
    Runbook Automation
    Load Balancing
    Failure detection
    Failover
    Service desk
    Incident management
    Problem Management

  28. What is high availability testing?
    High availability testing is the testing that is done to check if there are available back up servers which take over in case actual servers fail. It is important test a software or program should Pass in order to be functioning consistently.

    What are the objectives of High availability testing?
    – Ensure availability of backup servers in case actual servers fail.
    – Test smooth transition from actual to backup servers with minimum/negligible lag or loss of data.
    – To ensure reliable and uninterrupted service to client or end user.
    – To test situations where system might fail when servers fail and thereby alert the programmers to create a fix for the same.

    What are the testing techniques used for this type of testing?
    Some of the testing techniques include: Change management, Incident management , Configuration management, Problem management, Failure detection. etc.

  29. High availability testing is to test the availability of the backup servers are available if the primary server fails to function. This is to mainly to continuous or uninterrupted service of the software for the users. The high availability doesn’t mean the system is without errors or failures but it will manage to overcome failures by having backup servers. These failures are not noticed by users because the system will work again using back up servers. Ex-Google
    This testing will help to find out bugs or errors to cause the major failures on the system and insight information of the system to the developers when the failovers happens.
    2) Objective:
    Service reliability
    to check the system capability of system for high capability
    Mean time between failures
    Prevent outright failures of online icloud services
    design fault model
    3)Techniques:
    Reliability engineering
    change management
    configuration management
    capacity management
    runbook automation
    load banking
    failure detection
    failover
    service desk
    incident management
    problem mangement

  30. High availability testing is a type of testing done to ensure the availability of backup servers when the actual actual servers fail.

    Objectives of high availability testing are:
    – Service Reliability
    -To check the system capability of system design for high availability
    -Mean time Between Failure
    -Prevent outright failures of online cloud service
    -Design fault model

    Techniques are:
    -Reliability engineering
    -Change management
    -Configuration management
    -Capability management
    -Runbook automation
    -Load balancing
    -Failure detection
    -Failover
    -Service desk
    -Incident management
    -Problem management

  31. What is high availability testing?
    when the actual server fails, the backup server is supporting the system to run normally without creating any issues for the users.
    What are the objectives of High availability testing?
    Service reliability,
    to check the system capability,
    mean time between failure and, design fault model
    What are the testing techniques used for this type of testing?
    Reliability engineering,Change Management,Configuration Management,Capacity management,Runbook Automation,Load Balancing,Failure detection,Failover,Service desk,Incident management,Problem Management

  32. it means checking/testing the availability of back up servers when the actual servers fail. This type of testing helps to find the errors /bugs that effect the system functions, also helps developers understand the behavior of the system under fail over situations.
    objectives:
    – Service Reliability
    – system capability of system design for high availability
    – avg time Between Failure
    – avoid outright failures of online cloud service
    techniques used:
    Reliability engineering
    Change management
    Configuration management
    Capacity management
    load balancing
    failure detection

  33. 1. High availability testing assures the durability and consistency of systems to work for long time without failing. Meaning there are available reliable backup servers to take over as a failover in the event of actual server crash. This type of testing is done to ensure continuous user operations without interruptions.
    2. The High availability testing Objectives are:
    Service reliability
    To check the system capability of system design for high availability.
    Mean time between failure
    Prevent outright failures of online cloud service.
    Design fault model.
    3. The High availability testing Techniques are:
    Reliability engineering
    Change management
    Configuration management
    Capability management
    Runbook automation
    Load balancing
    Failure detection
    Failover
    Service desk
    Incident management
    Problem management

  34. 1.High availability testing is to test the availability of back up servers. When the actual server uninterrupted functioning of a system all the time so the user will not get any trouble.
    2. Objectives of high reliability testing are;
    Service Reliability.
    prevent the failure of online cloud service.
    check the system design for high availability.
    3. Testing techniques used for high availability testing are;
    Fall over
    Problem management
    Reliability
    Capability management

  35. 1. High availability testing is to test the availability of back up servers when the actual servers fail.
    2. Service Reliability, to check the system capability of system design for high availability, Mean time Between Failure, Prevent outright failures of online cloud service, Design fault model
    3. Reliability engineering
    Change Management
    Configuration Management
    Capacity management
    Runbook Automation
    Load Balancing
    Failure detection
    Failover
    Service desk
    Incident management
    Problem Management

  36. 1.) High avaliabilty testing is a method in which the avaliability of back up servers are tested when the actual server fails. The uninterrupted functioning of the system so the user never has any trouble is what high avaliability is. This type of testing helps find bugs that cause a negative effect on the system functions and gives insight on behaviour of the system under a failover situation.

    2.) The objectives of high avaliability testing are as follow:
    -Service avaliability
    -To check the system capability of system design for high avaliability
    -Mean time between failure
    -Prevent outright failures of cloud service
    -Design Fault mode

    3.) There are many method to use for this type of testing but as reliability goes up cost, time and difficulty go up. Some of these methods are as follows:
    -Reliability engineering
    -Change Management
    -Configuration Management
    -Capacity Management
    -Runbook Automation
    -Load Balancing
    -Failure detection
    -Failover
    -Service desk
    -Incident management
    -Problem management

  37. 1. High availability testing tests the availability of backup servers in the event of actual servers failing. This testing provides insight on the behavior of the system during failover situations and helps in identifying defects that would be detrimental to the system’s functions.
    2. The objectives of high availability testing: ensuring the reliability of the service, verifying the system’s capability and design for high availability measures, determining mean time between failures, preventing online cloud services from failing, and designing a fault model.
    3. Testing techniques used for high availability testing: reliability engineering, change management, configuration management, capacity management, runbook automation, load balancing, failure detection, failover, service desk, incident management, and problem management.

  38. 1. High availability testing is to test the availability of backup servers when the actual servers fail.
    2. High availability testing are:-Service avaliability
    -To check the system capability of system design for high avaliability
    -Mean time between failure
    -Prevent outright failures of cloud service
    -Design Fault mode
    3. High availability testing techniques:
    -Reliability engineering
    -Change Management
    -Configuration Management
    -Capacity management
    -Runbook Automation
    -Load Balancing
    -Failure detection
    -Failover
    -Service desk
    -Incident management
    -Problem Management

  39. High availability testing refers to the availability of the backup servers when the main server fails. Failover is an event that overcome the negative impacts of the server and shifting to another reliable server.
    2. Objectives:
    Server reliability
    Check the system reliability of the system for high availability
    Meantime between the failures
    Prevent outright failure on online cloud services
    Design fault model
    3. Techniques:
    Reliability engineering
    Change management
    Configuration management
    Capacity management
    Runbook automation
    Load balancing
    Failure management
    Failover
    Service desk
    Incident management
    Problem management

  40. 1) High availability testing is to test the availability of back up servers when the actual servers fail.
    The proper or uninterrupted functioning of a system all the time so that the users will not face any trouble
    while accessing the system is what high availability means.

    2) The objectives behind the high availability testing are:

    Service Reliability
    To check the system capability of system design for high availability
    Mean time Between Failure
    Prevent outright failures of online cloud service
    Design fault model.

    3)High availability techniques are
    Reliability engineering
    Change Management
    Configuration Management
    Capacity management
    Runbook Automation
    Load Balancing
    Failure detection
    Failover
    Service desk
    Incident management
    Problem Management

  41. High availability testing is to test the availability of backup servers when the actual servers fail.
    The objectives behind the high availability testing are:
    -Service Reliability
    -To check the system capability of system design for high availability
    -Prevent outright failures of online cloud service
    -Design fault model
    The following are the testing techniques used for this type of testing.
    -Reliability engineering
    -Change Management
    -Configuration Management
    -Capacity management
    -Runbook Automation
    -Load Balancing
    -Failure detection
    -Failover
    -Service desk
    -Incident management
    -Problem Management

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