Program to test computer

[Reuben D. Budiardja]

On Wednesday 09 February 2005 16:44, Steve Buehler wrote:
> I have a RHEL ES 3 server that seems to be having some problems that might
> be hardware.  

What kind of problem ? 

> I have taken it offline so that I can run some test on
> it.  Does anybody know of a script/program that might work to put a load on
> the server for an extended period of time.  Better yet, does anybody know
> of a program...hopefully free, that can run the tests on the hardware of
> the machine and give me a report?

memtest86 will test your memory. Random crashes usually caused by faulty 
memory. 
http://www.memtest86.com/

If you suspect motherboard or processor you can put it under load for a while. 
mprime torture test is good for that. Run for a day or two (read the readme 
file):
http://mersenne.org/


HTH.

RDB

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Reuben D. Budiardja
Dept. Physics and Astronomy
University of Tennesse, Knoxville, TN

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