Do & Don't — best practices
The Do & Don’t section gives you actionable guidance for every phase of a load test — from designing a realistic workload profile to interpreting your results without drawing false conclusions. Each page pairs concrete dos with concrete don’ts grounded in MaxoPerf workflows.
What you will find here
Section titled “What you will find here”| Page | What it answers |
|---|---|
| Designing realistic load | How to model real user behaviour — pacing, ramp, data variety |
| Test data dos and don’ts | Data variants, secrets management, uniqueness, CSV pitfalls |
| Interpreting results dos and don’ts | Percentiles vs averages, sample size, runner saturation signals |
| Common pitfalls and anti-patterns | The top mistakes that make results meaningless |
| Safe and ethical load testing | Authorization, blast radius, and responsible testing |
| Pre-flight checklist | Copy-ready checklist to run before every load test |
Reading order
Section titled “Reading order”If you are new to performance testing, read these pages in the order above — they build on one another. If you are experienced, jump straight to Common pitfalls and anti-patterns or the Pre-flight checklist.
Companion reading
Section titled “Companion reading”These pages assume you understand the basics of running a test in MaxoPerf. If you have not already read the Foundations section, start with:
- Anatomy of a load test result — how to read the run-detail page
- Latency percentiles deep dive — why averages mislead
- Choosing safe test environments — staging vs production