Re: FTP benchmark proposal

Jan-Simon Pendry (jsp@ms.com)
Mon, 28 Jun 1999 09:26:42 +0100


Larry McVoy wrote:
> So I wouldn't worry too much about making the test realistic. if you
> can set up a work load that has 6000 sockets going at the server in
> parallel, I suspect that it will stress the server just fine. It's when
> you try to do the load through a few sockets that all the timing enters
> into the equation. Yeah, I'm sure the tests will have to be played
> with a bit, but the first step is to just do it and see what we get.
> I'll call VA tomorrow and see if they are interested. Red Hat is also
> setting up such a lab on the East Coast.

of course, with 6000 connections you can't just use one ftp daemon
per connection.

jan-simon.

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