larree@altos86.Altos.COM (Larry Snyder) (11/22/89)
I am looking for ways of describing network performance in terms which can be easily compared to other systems and configurations. Are there any widely used programs which will measure the performance of various layers of a TCP/IP protocol stack? How does one measure performance degradation when adding virtual circuits or playing with block sizes? Is it useful to measure the inter-frame delay between a 'ping' and the response? By using a network analyzer to help calculate the average transmission rate between stations, am i getting an accurate measurement of my ethernet driver? What about NFS or RFS? And, most important, are any numbers available for other systems? (any useful sources mailed to me will be "shar"ed and posted) -- Larry Snyder Altos Computer Systems Internet: larree@altos.com 2641 Orchard Parkway UUCP : uunet!altos!larree San Jose CA 95134 (my opionions have nothing to do with microsoft.) 408.432.6200