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