Database performance testing utilizing a virtual database and redirected test commands

摘要

A method of utilising a virtual database system to perform database equivalent production-level database testing on a backup database, the method comprising: mounting the backup database by the virtual database system; intercepting, with the virtual database system, a test command directed to the production-level database from a database management system, wherein the test command correlates with a test request formulated to derive performance information about the production-level database; executing by the virtual database system the intercepted test command against the backup database; and receiving returned results from the backup database responsive to the test request. The backup may be a snapshot in time of the production-level database. The returned results may comprise baseline performance of the production-level database to assess performance impacts of any prospective changes to the database. Corresponding independent claims are directed to a system and a non-transitory, computer readable medium comprising code.