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Manual Testing Limitations

Understanding LoadRunner · Introduction
LoadRunner Controller User's Guide (Windows)
Chapter 1, page 22
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Manual Testing Limitations
Traditional or manual testing methods offer only a partial solution to load testing.
For example, you can test an entire system manually by constructing an
environment where many users work simultaneously on the system. Each user
works at a single machine and submits input to the system. However, this manual
testing method has the following drawbacks:
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it is expensive, requiring large amounts of both personnel and machinery
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it is complicated, especially coordinating and synchronizing multiple testers
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it involves a high degree of organization, especially to record and analyze results
meaningfully
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the repeatability of the manual tests is limited