Heavy load app for linux
Anyone have a app that would put a heavy load on cpu and memory for burn in/testing for linux? I have one called "heavy load" for windows that pushes cpu/memory/disk drives as hard as they will go. We just had an odd server issue and HP replaced random parts till it went away. Before using it, i would like to run it through some tests. thanks mike
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Anyone have a app that would put a heavy load on cpu and memory for burn in/testing for linux?
I have one called "heavy load" for windows that pushes cpu/memory/disk drives as hard as they will go.
We just had an odd server issue and HP replaced random parts till it went away. Before using it, i would like to run it through some tests.
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HI Mike, Here are a few ideas that I have used. High load apps: setiathome mprime cpuburn compiling a kernel If you had N copies of the kernel source files in N different directories, you could run N simultaneous compiles that would not interfere with one another and really crank up the load. Testing memory: memtest Just some thoughts....... Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDas4MHl0iXDssISsRAlVbAJ0TDRlcWKBvHx2Q0bDBUxe9CMnT9QCeN8pe ImtnjpCD25p3iXt/QwnMUGE= =lOlN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 09:57:16PM -0500, Andy Stewart wrote:
cpuburn
yep, cpuburn is a good one: http://pages.sbcglobal.net/redelm/
compiling a kernel
this works ... or build a large C++ package, something like monotone or doxygen ... if it works, build it again but this time use like `make -j6` and CXXFLAGS="-pipe"
memtest
there's a userspacer one that works OK: http://pyropus.ca/software/memtester/ and then the bootable memtest86+ ive had a lot of success with: http://www.memtest.org/ -mike
For a heavy load, I always like building a kernel with 'make -j bzImage modules' and watching it thrash like crazy. Make sure you have a big swap file as well. You'll really work the system.
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