Load testing is the simplest form of performance testing.
A load test is usually conducted to
understand the behaviour of the system under a specific expected load. This load can be the
expected concurrent number of users on the application performing a specific number
of transactions within the set duration. This test will give out the response times of all the important
business critical transactions. The database, application server, etc. are also monitored during the
test, this will assist in identifying bottlenecks in the application software and the hardware that the
software is installed on.