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Terminology

egor-romanov edited this page Aug 24, 2022 · 3 revisions

Terminology

Overview

Some terms to get around with Supabench quicker.

List of Terms

Term Definition
Project A project is a software unit, most likely a service that is being tested by benchmarks.
Benchmark A benchmark is a single performance scenario used to test the project.
Secrets Secrets is a place to store data related to the benchmark that should not be exposed to not logged-in users: a set of terraform scripts to run infrastructure and k6 scripts to generate load, hidden variables.
Run A run is a single execution of the benchmark.
SUT System under test - an app or service that is being tested.
Loader Instance or group of instances used to run k6 and generate the load against the SUT.
VU(s) VUs or Virtual users are the concurrent users accessing the service and performing actions specified in the k6 scenario script.
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