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On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, C Falconer wrote:

> Whats a good way to simulate load on a server?  I've flood-pinged it for
> 10 minutes, and the staff are complaining about network response to the
> other server! :)

you could compile the kernel, or do something like this under bash:

while (( 1 ))  ; do grep hello /var/log/messages >/dev/null; done

(make sure you have access to read /var/log/messages)

of course, that'll load up your CPU not your memory.

tim
http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~tnw13

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.

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