Explain Recovery testing in brief | Software Testing

In this article, you will get to know the following:

• Life Cycle of Recovery testing
• Advantages of Recovery Testing
• Disadvantages of Recovery Testing

Life Cycle of Recovery Testing

The various phases of the recovery testing process are as follows:

1. Standard Operations
2. Disaster and Failure Occurrence
3. Intrude to Standard Process
4. Recovery Process
5. Rebuild Process

Let’s talk in detail about each step:

Standard Operations: In this step, we will establish the system according to the appropriate software and hardware, where we execute the system as needed. It is used to define the approach system needs to work. 

Disaster and Failure Occurrence: In this phase of the life cycle, we can identify the multiple failures of the system and those failure or defects are as follow:

• Power Failure
• Hardware Failure
• Physical Conditions
• The server is not reachable and more

Intrude to Standard Process: It takes us to losses in terms of business, financial losses, relations with the client, market’s reputation, etc. 

Recovery Process: In this recovery testing process, the recovery testing is used to keep away from the most important losses in the organization and have a backup plan with the minimum impact on the system. 

Rebuild Process: It is the last phase of the recovery life cycle, which carries the already specified documents and processes that have to be followed. In this last phase, all the configuration files and folders are restored. 

Advantages of Recovering Testing

• It helps in removing the risks. 
• It helps in minimizing the risk of failure of the software product in the market. 
• It recovers the system quality because when the defects are found and fixed, it improves the quality of the system. 
• The system becomes more stable, reliable, and bug-free once we perform the recovery testing. 

Disadvantages of Recovering Testing

• It is a time-consuming process. 
• It is an expensive process. 
• Sometimes in recovery testing, we might not be able to find out all the potential problems because it sometimes becomes unpredictable.