On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Kwan Lowe <kwan.lowe at gmail.com> wrote: > 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. 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).