> > If your intention is specifically to measure CIFS > > performance, copying a > > few files back and forth would be ok, but try and pick a > quiet time on > > the WAN... > > > > I disagree. If the intent it to measure user experience, you > probably want > to poll at regular intervals (say every 5 minutes) whether it > is quiet or > not. You want to engineer the network to your average peak > times. If you > engineer it to the quiet times you are going to have a pretty > frustrated > group of users/customers on your hands.
I'm not disputing that, merely suggesting that you're going to get completely inconsistent results depending on how congested the WAN is, and it'll be hard to read any sense into the numbers. I would have thought that measuring a 'best efforts' time, then expecting that to be a realistic minimum speed would be all you could do. Do you have any way of measuring all the traffic flow through the interface, maybe using something like NetFlow? Without knowing what's going on when you test your test results don't mean much. What if a developer decides to freak copy a few big files while you test? Plus, if you're doing this every five minutes you're going to have a pretty frustrated group of users on your hands... Anyway - it's your test. What you want to do is fairly easy in perl, let us know if you have any problems coding it. Paul ***************************************************************** Gloucester Research Limited believes the information provided herein is reliable. While every care has been taken to ensure accuracy, the information is furnished to the recipients with no warranty as to the completeness and accuracy of its contents and on condition that any errors or omissions shall not be made the basis for any claim, demand or cause for action. ***************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
