Re: CPU load testing

2002-05-12 Thread Alex Hunsley
dman wrote: > > On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 09:08:55PM -0500, Kirk Strauser wrote: > | > | At 2002-05-11T23:43:31Z, Scott Henson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > | > | > On Sat, 2002-05-11 at 16:37, Sven Hoexter wrote: > | > | >> I prefer cat /dev/urandom > /dev/null > | > | > Dont hose your system entro

Re: CPU load testing

2002-05-11 Thread dman
On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 09:08:55PM -0500, Kirk Strauser wrote: | | At 2002-05-11T23:43:31Z, Scott Henson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | | > On Sat, 2002-05-11 at 16:37, Sven Hoexter wrote: | | >> I prefer cat /dev/urandom > /dev/null | | > Dont hose your system entropy. Try | > | >cat /dev/

Re: CPU load testing

2002-05-11 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2002-05-11T23:43:31Z, Scott Henson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 2002-05-11 at 16:37, Sven Hoexter wrote: >> I prefer cat /dev/urandom > /dev/null > Dont hose your system entropy. Try > >cat /dev/zero > /dev/null > > same result but you still have your entropy. Both of those w

Re: CPU load testing

2002-05-11 Thread Scott Henson
On Sat, 2002-05-11 at 16:37, Sven Hoexter wrote: > I prefer cat /dev/urandom > /dev/null > IMHO the "faster" way but the result should be the same ... Dont hose your system entropy. Try cat /dev/zero > /dev/null same result but you still have your entropy. Peace. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: CPU load testing

2002-05-11 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 03:19:39PM -0500, dman wrote: > On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 05:25:27PM +0100, Alex Hunsley wrote: > | Can anyone recommend a good package or a good way to CPU load test my debian > | box? > > $ python > >>> while 1 : pass > ... > > > (type the non-prompts) Basically just mak

Re: CPU load testing

2002-05-11 Thread dman
On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 05:25:27PM +0100, Alex Hunsley wrote: | Can anyone recommend a good package or a good way to CPU load test my debian | box? $ python >>> while 1 : pass ... (type the non-prompts) Basically just make an infinite loop that does nothing in any programming language. Run the

Re: CPU load testing

2002-05-11 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya alex - use a better nic card... - tulip driver is relatively good and yet cheap ( netgear FA310TX - $15 range ) - some nic drivers hang under heavy network traffic - get a better mb... - asus, intel, supermicro, tyan... ( i (personally) avoid usin

CPU load testing

2002-05-11 Thread Alex Hunsley
Can anyone recommend a good package or a good way to CPU load test my debian box? (I have Potato 2.2r6). My box keeps freezing up, it seems to always happen when the network card is busy (copying files mainly). But it could be just the CPU load which is causing it, which is why I want to take the n