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What is a Contention Test and How Are They Performed in Rational Testmanager?
Resolving The Problem
Contention tests involve executing a combination of virtual testers on one or more computers to simulate an actual user environment. For example, you might have multiple virtual testers accessing the same database to reveal problems such as locking, deadlock conditions, and concurrency controls.
Contention testing is often difficult to perform because it requires precise coordination between virtual testers. With TestManager, you can conduct multi-computer tests in which virtual testers wait for conditions to be satisfied on their own computers, or on other computers, before they continue running. For example, you can have one virtual tester on a computer add a record to a database, and have a second virtual tester on another computer pause until the first virtual tester finishes adding the record. The second virtual tester can then read the record.
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