what are good benchmarking tools

[dogbert at clue4all.net (Brian Conway)]

> Answers from the linux/sparc mailing lists seem to indicate that the IPC
> is capable of performing this function.  But I would still like to run
> some benchmarks.  What tools/techniques can anyone recommend for generating
> meaningful numbers so I can see exactly what the IPC is capable of...

I think both top or xosview would do a fine job of monitoring what you're
looking for (cpu, memory, swap).  If you want a more high quality
benchmarking test, you could always search freshmeat.net.  As for my
opinion on the IPC, I think you might be better off finding a low-end 486
to do the same job, though neither might handle the full DSL speed
incredibly well.  I ditched my IPC in favor of an IPX w/ 64MB memory and a
sparc powerip chip that brings it to approximately SPARC 10 speed, which 
is currently masquerading the network on my friend's DSL line.  It only
runs minimal things besides performing masquerading (bind, samba, doesn't
load X at startup) and I've found that when the full bandwidth is being
employed, it gets almost fully bogged down.  Just my $0.02.

Brian Conway
dogbert at clue4all.net


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