[mythtv-users] Benchmark File Server

[Sarah Katherine Hayes]

David Brodbeck wrote:
> nasa01 at comcast.net wrote:
>   
>>  I am trying to benchmark my server/network to ensure things are performing as I 
>>  would hope....  So I was wondering what tools/programs/methods people use to 
>>  accomplish such a task.  I have seen bonnie/bonnie++, but that seems more for 
>>  standard hard drives versuses a raid setup -- and it doesn't address network 
>>  performance.
>>     
>
> I found NETIO quite useful for testing network performance.  It will try
> different packet sizes, which is helpful in determining the optimal NFS
> block size without having to repeatedly change the NFS configuration.
> It can do both TCP and UDP benchmarks.
>
> http://www.ars.de/ars/ars.nsf/docs/netio
>
> It's binary-only, unfortunately, but I didn't have any trouble with the
> Linux binaries.
>   
THREADJACK:  That's really useful, thank you.