[Gllug] machine load testing

[Daniel Andersson]

> On , 2 Dec 2002, John Winters wrote:
> >On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 15:23, David Damerell wrote:
> >>On Monday, 2 Dec 2002, Adam Bower wrote:
> >>>I just installed a new machine today which is a hand me down from
> >>>another part of the company which has been reported to "perhaps have a
> >>>hardware fault" so what I would like to do is really stress test the
> >>>machine RAM+CPU+disk all at the same time.
> >>Kernel compiles are usually good.
> >Following on from which, if I really want to test the box I do 3 kernel
> >compiles on the trot.
>
> make -j 4 (or so) doesn't hurt, and hammering it via NFS at the same
> time is usually good for a giggle.

and why not try some Quake I/III in the background, to test the 3d-card (and
soundcard) as well?

/ d


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