Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 14:02:31 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: "Wil Hatfield" <freebsd@hyperconx.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATA Drive Issues Message-ID: <20060401140231.7881966f@localhost> In-Reply-To: <NGBBKBOMKLFOJCCDHPEOIEADPOAA.freebsd@hyperconx.com> References: <20060401121712.7498e560@localhost> <NGBBKBOMKLFOJCCDHPEOIEADPOAA.freebsd@hyperconx.com>
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On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:28:09 -0800 "Wil Hatfield" <freebsd@hyperconx.com> wrote: > > fair enough, but you should be able to use some of the performance > > testing tools to hammer the server before pushing it live. > > Suggestions for tools that REALLY hammer? if it's going to be a webserver, use ab (apache's benchmark tool) to simulate high traffic. at the same time, you could run other tools on the server itself (bonny (sp?) from memory, etc). building the kernel (-j[num_cpuX2) ) seems like a nice way to add some load to the box... do a search in /usr/ports/sysutils for benchmarking utils. good luck B
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