On May 5, 2010, at 1:13 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: > On 5/5/2010 12:00 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote: >> >>> Try to run the same IO operations as your production server is >>> running. >>> Bonnie++ could be good application for benchmarking. Also run some >>> parallel rsync, rm, find, etc proccesses. >>> >> >> I am with John Pierce on this one, role and app will dictate >> benchmarks >> that reflect reality. >> >> Having said that, I think iozone> bonnie++ > > If the job involves creating/deleting lots of little files like a mail > server with maildir format storage, you might try to dig up a copy of > postmark too. I found iometer is a good tool for real-world benchmarking if you take the time to setup the tests according to the workload. -Ross