Brian Chivers wrote:
> Simon Capstick wrote:
>> Brian Chivers wrote:
>>> I have setup a little test network with two machines connected together with iSCSI on gigabit
>>> ethernet. I'd like to test the filesystem performance, the iSCSI target is an OpenFiler box & the
>>> client / initiator is a Centos 5.3 machine with the iSCSI mounted as ext3.
>>>
>>> Has anyone got any recommendation for testing software or has anyone played around with this sort of
>>> setup?
>>>
>>> I've looked at Iozone and it looks very good but a little too complicated for me at the moment at
>>> this early stage.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Brian
>>>
>> Bonnie++ ?
>>
>> Simon
>>
>
> Thanks for the pointer.
>
> I've run the tests just got to try & understand the results now :-)
>
> Have you ever run bonnie ? any pointers as to how to interpret the results ??
>
> Brian
>
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It's been a while, but I would start by benchmarking several storage
devices including a bog standard single drive. Then put the data into
a spreadsheet or table so you can actually read the data, so you have
something like this...
http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/res0.90.html
Simon
