QE automation for large systems is a great step forward in increasing system reliability. In the big-data world, multiple components have to come together to provide end-users with business outcomes. This means, that QE Automations scenarios need to be detailed around actual use cases, cross-cutting components. The system tests potentially generate large amounts of data on a recurring basis, verifying which is a tedious job. Given the multiple levels of indirection, the false positives of actual defects are higher, and are generally wasteful.
At Hortonworks, we’ve designed and implemented Automated Log Analysis System - Mool, using Statistical Data Science and ML. Currently the work in progress has a batch data pipeline with a following ensemble ML pipeline which feeds into the recommendation engine. The system identifies the root cause of test failures, by correlating the failing test cases, with current and historical error records, to identify root cause of errors across multiple components. The system works in unsupervised mode with no perfect model/stable builds/source-code version to refer to. In addition the system provides limited recommendations to file/open past tickets and compares run-profiles with past runs.