Henry, Sar is a better tool than vmstat/iostat as it collects a broad range of information. Specifically, sar -q should show up CPU queueing and swapping, and sar -v will show up file/process table overflow issues that may occur during stress testing. IMHO, sar is quite underutilized.... ( had a paper on this last IOUG, but couldn't go and present it :(
John Kanagaraj DB Soft Inc Phone: 408-970-7002 (W) Grace - Getting something we do NOT deserve Mercy - NOT getting something we DO deserve Click on 'http://www.needhim.org' for Grace and Mercy that is freely available! ** The opinions and facts contained in this message are entirely mine and do not reflect those of my employer or customers ** >-----Original Message----- >From: Poras, Henry R. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 10:54 AM >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L >Subject: stress testing > > >We are planning on running some stress tests on a >PeopleSoft/Oracle/Solaris >system starting next week (using LoadRunner). I have never >gone through a >formalized stress test before (most of my stress is brought >about informally). >So far I am planning to gather statspack information, and >periodically get >vmstat from the OS. Is there anything else that I should >collect? Thanks for the >help. > >Henry > >-- >Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net >-- >Author: Poras, Henry R. > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com >San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message >to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in >the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L >(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may >also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: John Kanagaraj INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).