Re: FTP benchmark proposal
Robert Minichino (linuxkrn@denarius.com)
Tue, 29 Jun 1999 13:36:07 -0400 (EDT)
On Sun, 27 Jun 1999, Larry McVoy wrote:
> The proposal is this:
>
> a) get VA or Penguin to sponsor the hardware and the test lab,
> I'll talk to them and try and make that happen.
> b) create a test lab with enough clients to generate the load
> with a setup like so:
>
> [ server ]
> |
> gbit
> |
> [ router ]
> / / \ \
> / / \ \
> / / \ \
> c c ... c c
>
> with each of the "c" machines masquerading as a pile of clients. The
> reason for that is that we want to generate the real pcb lookup load
> on the server so it has to think that it is talking to 6000 clients.
> c) then create a workload that moves the data and see what happens.
> Either I'll do this or I'll work with someone to do this. I have a
> lame start at it already.
> d) put all of this behind a benchmark.valinux.com firewall and give
> developers ssh access into the playpen.
>
> Any interest in this? Seems like it would be a cool setup for this and
> for http test loads. And once we get it going, it might be a nice setup
> to challenge microsloth with...
We may be interested in supplying the test setup for a limited time (2
months?), as we already have a large percentage of the hardware needed; it
all depends upon how much interest there is.
This would also be a prime opportunity for Linux-friendly hardware vendors
(of disk drives, RAID controllers, etc.) for exposure from sponsorship, so
we might want to leverage this, as well.
--
Robert Minichino
Chief Scientist
Denarius Enterprises, Inc.
http://www.denarius.com/
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