Guys: I haven't checked the archives, but is Yemi's spoofing code available somewhere? Perhaps in bugzilla?
I have a friend who wants to try it out... Thanks, Bernard > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 9:27 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Ganglia-general] Ganglia scaling testing? > > Ahh yes, > > I forgot about Yemi's spoofing code. Hacking that sounds > the easiest way. > > regards, > Richard > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dr. Dave Blunt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 24 August 2006 16:58 > To: ganglia-general; harper.mann; Grevis, Richard: IT (LDN) > Subject: RE: [Ganglia-general] Ganglia scaling testing? > > > Hey Richard, > > We were wanting to populate a gmond on a separate box that we > would run > some alarm code against - no gmetad on the box. I'm trying > Yemi's spoof > code right now to get a large number of 'hosts' set up with lots of > metrics. I did look at the packet format in the source but my C is a > bit rusty. I got bogged down in tcpdump/tcpreplay without much > progress. > > Thanks, > > > Dave. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 4:09 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected]; Dr. > Dave Blunt > Subject: RE: [Ganglia-general] Ganglia scaling testing? > > Harper, > > I think that the RRD disk I/O from gmetad will be the first limit you > reach. > > If you want to load up the gmond process, you could write a program to > send properly formatted gmond packets but with a spoofed and always > changing source address. the headnode gmond only determines the host > from the source address of the packet. I am not sure the of > the best way > to do this - either a standalone program that sends packets flat chat > where the contents were snarfed from real gmond packets, or > maybe a hack > to gmond itself. > > Simulating on the server/gmetric side is easier - just write a script > that contructs the right XML with thousands of hosts and > presents it on > a port, and point gmetad to that port. > > regards, > richard grevis > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Harper Mann > Sent: 23 August 2006 18:08 > To: [email protected]; Dr. Dave Blunt > Subject: [Ganglia-general] Ganglia scaling testing? > > > Hi, > We're supporting a couple of sites with several hundred servers > monitored with Ganglia. So far, ganglia is working well and easily > keeping up with the load. We want to run some scaling tests > and thought > it would be good to simulate a large gmond with a couple thousand > servers reporting before we have to support that many. Is > there a way to > simulate multiple servers reporting to a gmond? If not, what do you > think might be the best approach for this? We could take a crack at > creating it. Thanks for any help. Regards, > - Harper > Harper Mann > Groundwork Open Source > 510-599-2075 (cell) > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > - > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, > security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated > technology to make > your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server > v.1.0.1 based > on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&; > dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Ganglia-general mailing list [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-general > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > For more information about Barclays Capital, please visit our web site > at http://www.barcap.com. > > Internet communications are not secure and therefore the > Barclays Group > does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. > Although the Barclays Group operates anti-virus programmes, > it does not > accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused by > viruses being passed. Any views or opinions presented are > solely those > of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Barclays > Group. Replies to this email may be monitored by the > Barclays Group for > operational or business reasons. > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web > services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make > your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on > Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&; > dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Ganglia-general mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-general >
