iperf is the only thing to use for generating the io. Use iftop to keep an eye on it while not using iperf.
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Richard Elling < richard.ell...@richardelling.com> wrote: > On May 18, 2012, at 7:04 AM, Doug Hughes wrote: > > > A third recommendation for iperf. It's the tool you want. Don't mess > around with anything else. > > +1 > > There has been some discussion recently about using Poisson distributed > interarrival > times instead of fixed interval. This could have an impact for network > tests. Neil Gunther > recently posted an excellent blog on the subject. It might be time to > revisit iperf and add > some features :-) > http://perfdynamics.blogspot.com/2012/05/load-testing-with-uniform-vs.html > > oh, and don't forget to disable C-states, if appropriate. > -- richard > > -- > ZFS Performance and Training > richard.ell...@richardelling.com > +1-760-896-4422 > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- Seconds to the drop, but it seems like hours. http://www.eff.org/ <http://www.eff.org/>http://creativecommons.org/ _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
