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Date:      Mon, 14 Apr 2003 22:13:22 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
To:        Jonas <jonas@netwood.net>
Cc:        'FreeBSD User Questions List' <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Stress-test script
Message-ID:  <3E9B6AC2.8090809@potentialtech.com>
In-Reply-To: <02b101c302f0$9fe00090$0800a8c0@master>
References:  <02b101c302f0$9fe00090$0800a8c0@master>

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Jonas wrote:
> I have a 4.7 server that have been freezing up under moderate load. I
> have changed some hardware and done a BIOS upgrade and would like to
> stress-test the server.
> 
> Does anyone have a script or some command I can issue that would really
> stress the server?

I usually do a "make buildworld" as that stresses pretty much everything
at once (aside from the network, unless you have the /usr/src directory
NFS mounted)
There are also programs for stressing specific parts of the system:
memtest, cpuburn and bonnie++ (I know that bonnie++ is for measuring
performance, but I've found that it works well as a stress test for hard
drives as well)

If you really want to push it, try all four running at once for a few
hours ... that oughta prove the machine.

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com



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