[SDBUG] Benchmarks on servers?

[Pedro Moreno]

Matthew Szubrycht wrote:
> Pedro,
>
> You may want to check out the Apache Benchmark tool (man ab), great 
> tool for load/stress testing Apache/PHP/MySQL.
> Additionally, MySQL can be stress tested with mysqlslap, which 
> emulates client load.
> I cannot speak for FTP, email etc, which I've never had the urge or 
> need to stress test.  From the top of my head though, Postfix will 
> handle huge mail loads in almost stock config, as will Qmail.  If I 
> were to stress test Postfix, I'd probably use smtp-source and watch 
> the system with the usual tool (top, lsof, iostat, vmstat etc.).
> Personally, I like testing on a LAN, so that I can hit the server from 
> multiple machines simultaneously, with high bandwidth.
>
> For most environments a stock installation with minor configuration 
> adjustments will perform very well on recent hardware.  However, each 
> server/daemon can be configured for performance if you are wiling to 
> spend some time.  It is usually worth the effort and you walk away 
> with a deeper understanding of your server.
>
> As to the 'ready for production' question, I think this is a personal 
> thing.  If you work with given hardware for a while and run the same 
> OS (BSD), you just know what works (because you've stress tested very 
> similar setups).
>
> I hope the above helps you get started.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Matthew Szubrycht
> BMI
>
>
>
>
> On Sep 29, 2008, at 12:00 PM, Pedro Moreno wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi guys.
>>
>> I juts wondering about went u setup new servers running BSD/Linux did 
>> u run some benchmark software on each server to disk, network or what 
>> else u test?
>>
>> Example, if u are going to run some NFS/Samba server what benchmark 
>> programs u run?
>> If u are going to run a apache server?
>> If u are going to run a ftp server?
>> A mail server?
>>
>>  What normally u do to say "Ok this server is ready for producction"?
>>
>> I just would like get some tips about what to do before I put a 
>> server in producction.
>>
>> Thanks all for your time, see u!!!
>>
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   Thanks all for your info, now I will be more specific, suppose that I 
need to test a Samba server, I think we have to test our Network + Disk, 
does someone use some tools to test the disk + samba performance?
   Thanks!!!

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