Recently a discussion around server specifications were floated with mention of routines to stress the configurations.
Do these stress suites exist for server testing?
--Hal.
Recently a discussion around server specifications were floated with mention of routines to stress the configurations.
Do these stress suites exist for server testing?
IMHO, contains one of the best collection of linux based stress testing & verification tools on a convenient CD. I use it to pound on off-lease servers before we accept them from our Vendor.
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Drew drew.kay@gmail.com wrote:
Recently a discussion around server specifications were floated with mention of routines to stress the configurations.
Do these stress suites exist for server testing?
IMHO, contains one of the best collection of linux based stress testing & verification tools on a convenient CD. I use it to pound on off-lease servers before we accept them from our Vendor.
Interesting.. thanks..
I was hoping that the testing would include validation testing. I'm looking for a package that lets one easily create tests such as:
* Is /var filesystem 1G or larger * Does user xxx exist? * Do packages x, y, z exist at the indicated versions? * Is IPTABLES enabled on bootup? Is it running currently?
I've been using Perl Test:Harness for some of these, and it works to a point, but creating new tests is somewhat laborious and requires familiarity with Perl. I.e., I can do it so that means I end up doing it...
I wonder what the validation system is for CentOS? Such a suite would be useful to me to convince others that CentOS works identically -- bug for bug -- with RHEL.
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Kwan Lowe kwan.lowe@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Drew drew.kay@gmail.com wrote:
Recently a discussion around server specifications were floated with mention of routines to stress the configurations.
Do these stress suites exist for server testing?
IMHO, contains one of the best collection of linux based stress testing & verification tools on a convenient CD. I use it to pound on off-lease servers before we accept them from our Vendor.
Interesting.. thanks..
I was hoping that the testing would include validation testing. I'm looking for a package that lets one easily create tests such as:
- Is /var filesystem 1G or larger
- Does user xxx exist?
- Do packages x, y, z exist at the indicated versions?
- Is IPTABLES enabled on bootup? Is it running currently?
I've been using Perl Test:Harness for some of these, and it works to a point, but creating new tests is somewhat laborious and requires familiarity with Perl. I.e., I can do it so that means I end up doing it...
I wonder what the validation system is for CentOS? Such a suite would be useful to me to convince others that CentOS works identically -- bug for bug -- with RHEL.
Fewer bugs would be *nice*. I've certainly found bugs in CentOS and RHEL, and reported them upstream. The feature request timeline is also often markedly faster with CentOS, especially components like "mock" and a supportable yum environment. (yum-rhen-plugin is an ongoing problem for those who use it and attempt to do full updates at kickstart installation time).
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