Network Performance and Stress Testing

[dale sykora]

The ttcp program Bob mentioned is what I used in the past.

On 10/11/05, dale sykora <dalesyk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You might want to look at iptraf. Also, I used to use software (don't
> remember the name) that runs on both ends such that you tell one end to
> source x bytes of data and the other end to sink and measure thruput. If I
> stumble upon the name, I'll repost.
>
>
> On 10/11/05, Brian D. McGrew <brian at visionpro.com> wrote:
> >
> > Good morning:
> >
> > Let's say I've got two Dell 1800 servers and each one of these servers
> > has dual gigabit Ethernet connections. The first connection on each
> > server is connected to the corporate network at 100MB. The second
> > connection is a cross-over between the two machines running at 1GB. One
> > machine is running Fedora Core 3 and the other is running Redhat
> > Enterprise Linux 3.
> >
> > I need to stress test and performance test this configuration by
> > continuously moving large files back and forth under various processor
> > loads for a given length of time and be able to show the results when
> > completed.
> >
> > What are the best practices for the situation? Is there open source
> > software out there to accomplish this or do I need to write something?
> > I can think of a couple of shell script configurations to do this but
> > I'd rather not reinvent the wheel if I don't have to.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -brian
> >
> > Brian D. McGrew ( brian at visionpro.com || brian at doubledimension.com )
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> > Really annoy those of us who do.
> >
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