From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 27 02:56:45 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22FAA106564A for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:56:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ganbold@micom.mng.net) Received: from publicd.ub.mng.net (publicd.ub.mng.net [202.179.0.88]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D03B28FC1B for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:56:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ganbold@micom.mng.net) Received: from [202.179.0.164] (helo=daemon.micom.mng.net) by publicd.ub.mng.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1LRduB-000NPM-2o; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:42:23 +0800 Message-ID: <497E74A9.3030009@micom.mng.net> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:42:49 +0800 From: Ganbold User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080415) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Julian Elischer References: <497E6A6F.8060401@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <497E6A6F.8060401@elischer.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 OpenPGP: id=78F6425E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Net Subject: Re: networking benchmarks for Vimage X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:56:45 -0000 Julian Elischer wrote: > I have set up a pair of machines which I can boot into either > VIMAGE_GLOBAL or normal kernels (otherwise identical). > with GB (bge) interfaces between them. > > I am looking for suggestions as to what tests I should be doing > between these machines to be able to assess whether there are any > performance differences between these two setups. > > I will be doing ttcp tests and flood pings and well as > nfs copies and ng_ether_echo timings. > > I'd also like to get some suggestions from others, > as to what tests might be useful. Be specific please > i.e. {program + arguments to test). Maybe something like /usr/ports/benchmarks/iperf But I don't recall options and arguments. Ganbold > > The two machines are identical and will always being the > same kernel at the same time. basic cpu specs below.. > > ===================== > CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.80GHz (2788.47-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0xf29 Stepping = 9 > Features=0xbfebfbff APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX, > FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE> > Features2=0x4400 > Logical CPUs per core: 2 > real memory = 3221094400 (3071 MB) > avail memory = 3153461248 (3007 MB) > ACPI APIC Table: > ===================== > > thanks > > Julian > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > -- Fess: Well, you must admit there is something innately humorous about a man chasing an invention of his own halfway across the galaxy. Rod: Oh yeah, it's a million yuks, sure. But after all, isn't that the basic difference between robots and humans? Fess: What, the ability to form imaginary constructs? Rod: No, the ability to get hung up on them. -- Christopher Stasheff, "The Warlock in Spite of Himself"