Most people in the performance engineering field agree that our skillset is derived from an intersection of disciplines that include testing, optimization, and systems engineering.
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Performance tests try to reduce the risks of downtime or outages on multi-user systems by conducting experiments that use load to reveal limitations and errors in the system. Testing usually involves assessing the performance and capacity of systems that were expensive and time-consuming to build.
