On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Drew <drew.kay at 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? > > http://www.stresslinux.org/ > > 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.