[Gllug] machine load testing

[Adam Bower]

David Damerell wrote:

> On Monday, 2 Dec 2002, Adam Bower wrote:
>
> >That will only stress the cpu, and I am not convinced by the kernel
> >compiling route,
>
>
> Because you lack sufficient experience. Kernel compiles are notorious
> for failing on machines with slightly flaky hardware that can carry
> out their day-to-day duties without trouble, precisely because they
> can hammer all of CPU, memory and disc.

Au contraire, I have never found them to be a reliable way of diagnosing 
these kind of problems, Indeed I have tried this before on known faulty 
hardware and I couldn't get the machine didn't fall over even after 
playing around with some of the options. Add to this that kernel 
compiles can fail on known good hardware for other reasons that can be 
difficult to diagnoses this would be using a square peg in a round hole.

Adam


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