> Would anyone have a recommendation for doing a stress > test of a network? I've got a big show coming up and > I'd like to set up re-produceable test procedures so > I know how things respond under expected real life loads.
Which layer do you want to test? Layer 2 (Ethernet etc) Layer 3 (IP) Layer 7 (Web) > I'm sure I've run across discussions of such tools > but I can't remember any names. > In particular I'd like to be able to hit a web server > (and the local dns) with n requests/min to ensure > it works, or if not to identify the weak spots. In that case, ab (apachebench) is a very handy tool. If you have Apache installed you should be able to find it. Otherwise there are many other webserver testing packages, have a search of freshmeat.net > I'm doing googles in parallel with this query as > I'm rather under stress testing myself at the > moment, with a fixed deadline... Goodluck, Tim
