# How to run load tests in real-time data systems

DevFeed: [How to run load tests in real-time data systems](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-run-load-tests-in-real-time-data-systems-18519.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.tinybird.co/blog/how-to-run-load-tests-in-real-time-data-systems>)

Author: Ana Guerrero, Iago Enríquez

Published: 2025-03-07T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Tinybird](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tinybird.md>)

Topics: [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/real-time.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

Tags: [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [load](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/load.md>), [production](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/production.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/real-time.md>), [scalable-analytics-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scalable-analytics-architecture.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/systems.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial on running load tests for real-time data systems, noting that they fail differently from traditional applications and discussing how to avoid disrupting production.

## Source excerpt

Load tests on real-time data systems fail differently than traditional apps. Here's how to run them without breaking production.