adamm@necis.UUCP (Adam Moskowitz) (12/05/89)
I've been assigned the task of finding out just how fast the network
performance of our new boxes are and I need some software to help me do
this.
I'm looking for something that will let me blast out lots of packets of
various sizes. Being able to send packets via different protocols would
also be nice as we need to get a handle on TCP as well as UDP performance.
Something that would also let me send ill-formed packets to see that we
don't choke on such critters would also be nice. Obviously, I need source
code. Our box is a mix of System V & BSD so I'm prepared to do some
porting. I just didn't want to have to reprogram the wheel.
Does anyone out there in net.land have or know of any benchmarking programs
that will help me get these numbers? Can you send me email telling me about
them? I thought you could. :-)
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Adam S. Moskowitz ...!(backbone)!{necntc,encore}!necis!adamm
OR adamm@necis.nec.com
"The second law of thermodynamics states that, left to themselves, things
tend to go to hell in a handbasket." -- Cecil Adams (The Boston Phoenix)stine@SPARTA.COM (Robert Havens Stine) (12/07/89)
Spray & ping, which are part of SunOS (& BSD?) can be used as traffic
generators. Also, there is ttcp, available via anonymous FTP from
vgr.brl.mil, in file ftp/pub/ttcp.c, and from sgi.com, in file
sgi/src/ttcp.c. For VMS, ttcp.c is included in the MultiNet
Programmer's Kit, a standard feature of TGV MultiNet IP software
package.
Nhfsstone is a load generation program for NFS. It is available from
Legato Systems, Inc.
Nhfsstone
260 Sheridan Avenue
Palo Alto, California 94306
A mailing list is maintained for regular information
and bug fixes: nhfsstone@legato.com or
- Bob Stine