A list benchmarking tools for UNIX

A few links

- NetBSD pkgsrc's benchmark selection : pkgsrc.se/benchmarks

Examples

Sysbench MySQL example,

sysbench --test=oltp --num-threads=512 --mysql-user=root --max-time=240 --max-requests=0

Scripts

Besides that, use the reporting tools available at pbraun.nethence.com/balls/benchmarks/ and use those commands.

List the hardware,

lshw

Memory benchs

Memory benchs,

reboot w/ kernel boot option mem=256m

vmstat 1 (si=swap in, so=swap out)

make -j 20 bzImage

Hard drive benchs

Check for DMA (IDE only no SCSI),

hdparm -t -T /dev/hda

hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda

Hard drive benchs,

bonnie -s 1024

iostat sda  # standard

iostat -x sda  # extended

iostat -p sda  # partitions

iostat -d 1 sda  # refresh every 1 second

Note iostat comes with the "sysstat" package. pagesperso-orange.fr/sebastien.godard/

Network benchs

Misc

Windows

www.openworkbench.org/

Procfeatures : www.microsoft.com/france/technet/sysinternals/SystemInformation/Procfeatures.mspx

References