[CentOS] Periodic speed test

[Fabian Arrotin]

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On 17/09/15 13:05, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> I run the speedtest from
> <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/speedtest-cli/> quite often, and find
> it very reliable.
> 
> I'm wondering if anyone has developed a version to run the speed
> test at regular intervals, say every 6 hours, and record the
> results in a simple database or just a file?
> 
> I imagine it would be a fairly easy task to modify the Python code 
> to do this, but it would be even easier if someone has already done
> it!
> 

I like speedtest-cli, and use it (through crontab) with speedtest-cli
- --simple then parse the output.
- From that point you can put it everywhere you want (file, db,
zabbix-sender, etc)

Cheers,

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Fabian Arrotin
The CentOS Project | http://www.centos.org
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