(disclaimer, I work for a data center provider... www.peak10.com<http://www.peak10.com> )
+1 I primarily use FTP and I have "demo" FTP servers in several of my centers for prospects to test throughput, carrier reliability, etc. However, I have assisted prospects and current customers setting up MRTG Bundle, PCs running perfmon and Cisco devices running Netflow, among others. In my limited experience, FTP always shows the cleanest, most consistent results. My $.02, Andy Shook Sr. Sales Engineer Peak 10 8910 Lenox Pointe Drive Charlotte, NC 28273 ph: 704.264.1078 From: Aaron T. Rohyans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 9:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: testing Speed Reliably between datacenters I'd say FTP is your best bet since it is such a low overhead "raw" TCP protocol. If you have a Linux distro that you can setup on both ends to test, that would be optimal as Windows periodically has problems with TCP Window Scaling. HTH, Aaron Rohyans IT Coordinator, IDC-USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 317.244.8307 (V) 317.244.4600 (F) ________________________________ From: Garcia-Moran, Carlos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 9:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: testing Speed Reliably between datacenters Hey Guys; Now that we have our DR datacenter up and running we are trying to determine our speed in between the datacenters, Both of them have primary 50 MB pipes to the internet. What tools does everyone use to test speeds? Outside of things like speedtest.net or websites like that? FTP Test? SSH? SCP? I just want to do some sort of measurement that will give me a good idea, it seems that our top speed right now is 3-5 MB/sec which is horrid. Thx! Carlos Garcia-Moran Server / Storage Engineer Sprague Energy www.spragueenergy.com<http://www.spragueenergy.com/> P: 603-430-5355 C: 857-234-0343 F: 603-430-7219 _________________________________________________________ This e-mail, including attachments, contains information that is confidential and may be protected by attorney/client or other privileges. This e-mail, including attachments, constitutes non-public information intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this e-mail, including attachments, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me by e-mail reply and delete the original message and any attachments from your system. _________________________________________________________ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
