[OpenIndiana-discuss] How to test ethernet throughput?

[Robbie Crash]

iperf is the only thing to use for generating the io. Use iftop to keep an
eye on it while not using iperf.

On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Richard Elling <
richard.elling at richardelling.com> wrote:

> On May 18, 2012, at 7:04 AM, Doug Hughes wrote:
>
> > A third recommendation for iperf. It's the tool you want. Don't mess
> around with anything else.
>
> +1
>
> There has been some discussion recently about using Poisson distributed
> interarrival
> times instead of fixed interval. This could have an impact for network
> tests. Neil Gunther
> recently posted an excellent blog on the subject. It might be time to
> revisit iperf and add
> some features :-)
> http://perfdynamics.blogspot.com/2012/05/load-testing-with-uniform-vs.html
>
> oh, and don't forget to disable C-states, if appropriate.
>  -- richard
>
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Seconds to the drop, but it seems like hours.

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