Re: [Help] Find server hardware stress/benchmark tools on linux box

2003-09-17 Thread Stephen Patterson
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 19:30:19 +0200, axacheng wrote:
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> Hello List :
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> We're 2 intel base testing servers need to stress/benchmark for hardware stability 
> and reliability
> 
> those are testing servers runing Debian woody...


As a stress test, I'd go for compiling something beefy, such as the
kernel or KDE, though there are probably special tools made to hammer systems.

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Re: [Help] Find server hardware stress/benchmark tools on linux box

2003-09-17 Thread Russell Coker
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 03:50, Alex Borges wrote:
> Bonnie++For testing your disks/storage (you can BM a samba share if
> you want for example)

Particularly try the experimental version, it has some new features.

> slapper For testing your ldap

Never got time to implement that one...

> postal  To kill your smtp

Postal is good for stressing systems, it stresses disk IO (synchronous writes 
to mail queue's), network (although it's unlikely that your mail server will 
be fast enough to fill 100baseT), and CPU (for SSL).

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Re: [Help] Find server hardware stress/benchmark tools on linux box

2003-09-16 Thread Alex Borges
Im shure russel coker is arround
He made the coolest stress benchamrks arround. All Free baby!

Try:

Bonnie++For testing your disks/storage (you can BM a samba share if
you want for example)

slapper For testing your ldap

postal  To kill your smtp

There are more.

Intel has also an io/something stuff that is supposed to work. If you
ask me its pretty sucky, id go with bonnie++ every time.

Now, benchmark is more in the technique and the statistic accuracy than
in the software itself. Make shure you use a good test farm, for example
grab a couple/three of old boxes that SHOULD have the combined power to
stress your servers. This is important, the bigger your test farm, the
better the stress. Also, sincronize it all by ntp so that you get
accurate logs everywhere and can cross search and analyze all the data.
If at first your servers just humm nicely, your test farm is not big
enough. Get enough to make those servers cry.


El mar, 16-09-2003 a las 12:03, axacheng escribió:
> Hello List :
> 
> We're 2 intel base testing servers need to stress/benchmark for hardware stability 
> and reliability
> 
> those are testing servers runing Debian woody...
> 
> Anyone has any good advice?
> 
> 
> 
> 
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[Help] Find server hardware stress/benchmark tools on linux box

2003-09-16 Thread axacheng

Hello List :

We're 2 intel base testing servers need to stress/benchmark for hardware stability and 
reliability

those are testing servers runing Debian woody...

Anyone has any good advice?




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