Find out how you can benefit from chaos engineering and performance testing.
What is chaos engineering?
Chaos engineering is the practice of intentionally introducing disruptions and failures into a system to test its resilience and identify weaknesses before they cause real problems. By simulating random or controlled chaos—like server crashes, network outages, or database failures—organizations can observe how their systems respond under stress and make improvements to ensure they can handle unexpected situations in production. This proactive approach helps teams build more robust, fault-tolerant systems, minimizing downtime and improving overall reliability.
What are the benefits of chaos engineering?
1. Increased confidence in production
Chaos engineering allows teams to proactively test and validate how their systems behave under extreme or unexpected conditions. By simulating failures and disruptions in a controlled environment, teams gain confidence that the production system can withstand real-world issues without causing service outages or affecting users.
2. Improved system resilience
Regularly subjecting systems to chaos engineering practices helps identify weak spots or failure points in the architecture. This proactive approach enables teams to fix vulnerabilities, ensuring the system can recover quickly and maintain functionality even in the face of unexpected disruptions. Chaos engineering also helps organizations stay compliant with the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).
3. Better incident response
By simulating incidents in a controlled manner, chaos engineering prepares incident response teams for real-world scenarios. It helps them refine their detection, diagnosis, and remediation processes, ensuring that when actual incidents occur, the teams can react swiftly and minimize downtime or customer impact.
4. Better understanding of system behavior
Chaos engineering provides deeper insights into how complex systems behave under stress, allowing teams to observe interactions between different components. This knowledge helps teams optimize system performance and design more reliable, fault-tolerant systems by anticipating how various elements will react during failures.
5. Continuous improvement culture
The practice of chaos engineering fosters a mindset of constant learning and iteration. Teams are encouraged to continuously test, measure, and improve their systems, ensuring they stay adaptable and resilient, which leads to more reliable products over time and a culture of proactive problem-solving.
How can I implement chaos engineering?
OpenText performance engineering solutions offer a variety of ways to harness the power of chaos engineering. Through integrations with our trusted partners, Gremlin and Steadybit, we make it easy for you to embrace and overcome chaos with confidence. Explore the supported integrations below:
- OpenText Professional Performance Engineering—Steadybit & Gremlin
- OpenText Core Performance Engineering—Gremlin
- OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering—Steadybit
Ready to conquer chaos? Explore the following resources:
- Chaos Engineering lookbook
- White paper: Ensure Application Performance Amid Chaos
- Guide: Hands-on Chaos Testing with OpenText Professional Performance Engineering
- OpenText Core Performance Engineering click tour
- Request a demo: OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering
- Start a free trial: OpenText Core Performance Engineering
- Start a free trial: OpenText Professional Performance Engineering
