[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 04/08/2003 09:34:45 PM: --snip-- > What specific tests should I run? I would like to test, for things other > than just opening a spread sheet? How about > > Hitting a db? > X rendering? > File access? > Compiling a kernel? > > > > Any other thoughts? >
For the desktop: I would like to see if there is any speed difference in OpenGL Games. I'm not sure how many Linux gamers there are, but that would convince me which distro is the best for my use. Quake 3 Arena & Unreal Tournament 2003 would be good choices. For the Server: Perhaps things like 10 users retriving email then up the number to 100-150, 10 hits on a webpage then up the numbers again etc. Making an enourmous encryption key (would this be considered accurate since it gets it from /dev/random??). Multiple hits on an sql database from the webpage? I think the best benchmarking tests are real life tests and stressing them. (If those numbers would be considered stressing??) If I am going it install a high load email server, every little speed optimisation counts. Cheers, Scott -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
