---
title: "storage"
description: "The capability of the software product to use appropriate amounts and types of resources, for example the amounts of main and secondary memory used by the program and the sizes of required temporary or overflow files, when the software performs its function under stated conditions. "
type: term
term_id: 418
language: English
language_code: gb
canonical: "https://glossary.istqb.org/en/term/resource-utilization-2"
slug: "storage"
url: "https://istqb-glossary.page/storage/"
---

# storage

The capability of the software product to use appropriate amounts and types of resources, for example the amounts of main and secondary memory used by the program and the sizes of required temporary or overflow files, when the software performs its function under stated conditions. 

## Synonyms

resource utilization

## Present in syllabi


- Advanced Test Analyst 2012
- Advanced Technical Test Analyst 2012
- Advanced Test Automation Engineer 2016
- Foundation Extension - Performance Testing 2018
- Foundation Extension - Acceptance Testing 2019

## Translations


- [English](https://istqb-glossary.page/resource-utilization/) — resource utilization
- [Deutsch](https://istqb-glossary.page/de/ressourcennutzung/) — Ressourcennutzung
- [Deutsch](https://istqb-glossary.page/de/speicher/) — Speicher
- [Português (Brasil)](https://istqb-glossary.page/br/eficiencia/) — eficiência
- [Português (Brasil)](https://istqb-glossary.page/br/utilizacao-de-recurso/) — utilização de recurso
- [Polski](https://istqb-glossary.page/pl/sk%C5%82adowanie-danych/) — składowanie danych
- [Polski](https://istqb-glossary.page/pl/zuzycie-zasobow/) — zużycie zasobów
- [Português](https://istqb-glossary.page/pt/utilizacao-de-recursos/) — utilização de recursos
- [Čeština](https://istqb-glossary.page/cz/vyuziti-zdroju/) — využití zdrojů
- [Čeština](https://istqb-glossary.page/cz/uloziste/) — úložiště
- [Norsk](https://istqb-glossary.page/no/ressursbruk/) — ressursbruk
- [Norsk](https://istqb-glossary.page/no/ressursutnyttelse/) — ressursutnyttelse

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