Efficient computing hardware and software component design testing through test fragmentation and isolated execution within a discrete computing environment

A method for efficient testing of software and computing hardware designs, the method comprising:

• initiating a new instance of an operation filesystem to operate from;
• copying a design fileset into the operation filesystem to define a workspace data;
• read-only protecting the workspace data to define a workspace master;
• initiating a discrete environment that is at least one of a computing container and a virtual computer;
• assigning the discrete environment a processing power allocation and a memory allocation from a computing resources pool;
• cloning the workspace master to generate a workspace clone;
• extracting a test script from a test fileset;
• storing the test script in a test queue;
• extracting the test script from the test queue;
• executing the test script within the workspace clone;
• evaluating a result data;
• determining a test passage;
• and
• executing a tear-down instruction for the discrete environment;
• returning to the computing resources pool at least one of the processing power allocation and the memory allocation.

A system, comprising:

• a test orchestration server, comprising:
• a processor of the test orchestration server,
• a memory of the test orchestration server,
• a test processing agent comprising computer readable instructions that when executed on the processor of the test orchestration server:
• receive a testing request comprising a selection of a design version of a design fileset and a selection of a test version of a test fileset, the test fileset comprising one or more test scripts;
• and
• issue an assembly instruction to assemble a workspace master,
• a test fractionation routine comprising computer readable instructions that when executed on the processor of the test orchestration server:
• extract a test script from the one or more test scripts of the test fileset copied into a workspace master, and
• an environment manager comprising computer readable instructions that when executed on the processor of the test orchestration server:
• issue an environment initiation instruction to initiate a discrete environment that is at least one of a computing container and a virtual computer,
• a cloning engine comprising computer readable instructions that when executed on the processor of the test orchestration server issues a cloning instruction to:
• clone the workspace master to generate a workspace clone,
• a test isolation engine comprising computer readable instructions that when executed on the processor of the test orchestration server:
• issue an environment execution instruction to execute the test script within the discrete environment, and
• a network.