From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 20 14:55:52 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx2.x-treme.gr (mx2.x-treme.gr [212.120.192.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB463153C8 for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2000 14:55:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keramida@diogenis.ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from localhost.hell.gr (pat8.x-treme.gr [212.120.197.200]) by mx2.x-treme.gr (8.9.3/8.9.3/IPNG-ADV-ANTISPAM-0.1) with ESMTP id AAA15149; Fri, 21 Jan 2000 00:55:34 +0200 Received: (from charon@localhost) by localhost.hell.gr (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA00897; Thu, 20 Jan 2000 15:11:36 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@diogenis.ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 15:11:36 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: ccba Cc: FreeBSD-Questions Subject: Re: Which benchmark ?? Message-ID: <20000120151136.A866@hades.hell.gr> Reply-To: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr References: <38863C9F.438FAE4@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <38863C9F.438FAE4@mindspring.com> X-PGP-Fingerprint: 62 45 D1 C9 26 F9 95 06 D6 21 2A C8 8C 16 C0 8E X-Phone-Number: +30-94-6203692, +30-93-2886457 X-Address: Theodorou Kirinaiou 61, 26334 Patra, Greece Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jan 19, 2000 at 05:37:25PM -0500, ccba wrote: > > I have two machines up with BSD 4.2 (PII 300 MHz and a PIII 500 MHz) > > I want to run benchmarks on both machines. "Benchmarks" is a very ill-defined term, if not mentioned within a proper context. The important thing is what these machines will be used for, since, for instance, PIII might be better at number crunching but PII a hell of a lot better in large file transfers. > Can someone recommend good benchmark tests for these machines. Both > will be internal ftp servers. So you should care what these machines can do for you, if used as FTP servers. A small script to transfer a large file and great numbers of smaller ones is the best I can come up with. If the machines are called `alpha' (the PII), `beta' (the PIII), and another machine is called `gamma', I would try: 1. Transferring a large file: FROM TO alpha beta beta alpha alpha gamma gamma alpha Then I would run the same pairs of machines through the `bazillion of small files' test, to see what they will do in that case. Testing the number of concurrent users a machine can stand is a tougher case, since it requires a far better machine (or a network of machines) to initiate the bazillion of transfers. Just my $.02 :-) -- Giorgos Keramidas, < keramida @ ceid . upatras . gr > "Don't let your schooling interfere with your education." [Mark Twain] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message