- Tags:: [[Software Testing]] [[Load Testing]] [[Performance Testing]] - Date Created: [[2020-09-07]] - Last Updated: [[2020-09-14]] - Resource utilization refers to how much of a machine is being used. This concept is particularly important in load testing because consistently maxing out a load generator's capacity can lead to the load generator itself being a performance bottleneck. - "[[Joe Colantonio]] [breaks up the basics of [[Resource utilization]] (https://testguild.com/performance-test-resource-utilization/) in terms of four main areas of concern:" - [[CPU Utilization]] - [[Memory Utilization]] - [[Disk Metrics]] - [[Network Metrics]] - "[Here's a guide](https://www.flood.io/blog/load-testing-tutorial-server-monitoring) I put together on the basic metrics as well as some tools you can use to set up your monitoring." -