Patent ID: 7457723

Claim:
A method for providing performance testing, the method comprising: performing N number of iterations of a test; determining that results of the test are valid if the test reached a defined test criteria after performing the N number of iterations; adding, if the test has not reached the defined test criteria and if N is less than a maximum value, one to N and performing an additional iteration of the test until one of the following occurs: the test reaches the defined test criteria and N reaches the maximum value, wherein if the test reaches the defined test criteria after any additional iteration of the test before N reaches the maximum value, the results of the test are deemed valid; determining that the results of the test are valid if N reached the maximum value and if the test reached the defined test criteria with an outlier removed from the results; determining that the results of the test are invalid if N reached the maximum value and if the test did not reach the defined test criteria with an outlier removed from results; deeming the test as passing if the test results compare favorably to a goal value; and deeming the test as failing if the test results compare unfavorably to the goal value.