Comments on: Load Testing the Cache – Memory Usage Over Cache Access http://distributedlife.com/blog/2009/04/load-testing-the-cache-memory-usage-over-cache-access.html passionate about everything Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:04:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: rybo http://distributedlife.com/blog/2009/04/load-testing-the-cache-memory-usage-over-cache-access.html/comment-page-1#comment-695 rybo Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:22:39 +0000 http://distributedlife.com/blog/?p=223#comment-695 Good point Rory. I usually write dedicated unit tests for threading scenarios but then again I usually have intimate knowledge of the threaded code. I'm not sure what the best way to test thread safety would be, especially if you did not have direct knowleddge of the threading code. To use a load test would require your code to perform a reasonable amount of checking to ensure the object to returned is the correct one. Just using normal load testing code wouldn't be sufficient as isn't as thorough as a unit test. What do you suggest? Good point Rory.

I usually write dedicated unit tests for threading scenarios but then again I usually have intimate knowledge of the threaded code.

I’m not sure what the best way to test thread safety would be, especially if you did not have direct knowleddge of the threading code.

To use a load test would require your code to perform a reasonable amount of checking to ensure the object to returned is the correct one. Just using normal load testing code wouldn’t be sufficient as isn’t as thorough as a unit test.

What do you suggest?

]]> By: Rory Primrose http://distributedlife.com/blog/2009/04/load-testing-the-cache-memory-usage-over-cache-access.html/comment-page-1#comment-694 Rory Primrose Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:02:15 +0000 http://distributedlife.com/blog/?p=223#comment-694 Load testing is also helpful to identify whether the cache has been correctly developed to be thread safe. Load testing is also helpful to identify whether the cache has been correctly developed to be thread safe.

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