Re: 2.1.108 stress test results

Shawn Leas (sleas@ixion.honeywell.com)
Tue, 14 Jul 1998 19:58:55 -0500 (CDT)


Yes, well, just run many different programs a lot... Different
program, and lots of them, everything you can think of, and go into swap a
lot.

Uneducated guess, but I think this will produce the desired effect, wont
it?

-Shawn
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On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Ganesh Sittampalam wrote:

> On Wed, 15 Jul 1998 00:18:52 +0200, you wrote:
>
> >> > > The 2.0.35 release notes let me do a slightly unscheduled stress test
> >> > > on the 2.1.108 code.
> >> > >
> >> > Maybe it's interesting for some people to post more details
> >> > of your stress tests, so people can do some tests on their hardware.
> >>
> >> Note the "slightly unscheduled". The 2 pages a second are the 2.0.35 release
> >> notes at http://roadrunner.swansea.linux.org.uk. It wasnt planned stress testing
> >
> >Ah, thanks for your quick reply.
> >
> >I thought you eventually had some ideas for a planned stress testing.
> >It's sometimes very difficult to test a new kernel on "low loaden
> >workstations".
> >The best test would be to put it on a production machine, but who knows what
> >happens. ;)
>
> The one thing that is hard to do with development kernels is
> testing the effect of long uptimes. Is there any way to
> simulate this, perhaps by putting a machine under heavy load
> in some way?
>
> Ganesh
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