Marcelo Ricardo Leitner
2015-Mar-13 00:42 UTC
[CentOS] Network throughput testing software available for CentOS/Linux
On 12-03-2015 17:39, Digimer wrote:> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 12/03/15 04:29 PM, Gilbert Sebenste wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> A network engineer buddy of mine brought up for discussion with me >> that he'd like to do some throughput testing, but he's new to >> Linux/RedHat. Is there any software I can recommend to him that any >> of you find above par for CentOS 6/7? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Gilbert > > I've used iperf a lot successfully. I have an RPM for EL6 on my repo here: > > https://alteeve.ca/an-repo/el6/RPMS/x86_64/iperf-2.0.5-11.el6.anvil.x86_64.rpm > > The source is there, and I would be surprised if it didn't build > easily on EL7. > > https://alteeve.ca/an-repo/el6/SRPMS/iperf-2.0.5-11.el6.anvil.src.rpm+1 for iperf, and it's available on EPEL also https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/ EPEL6 has iperf and iperf3 while EPEL7 has just iperf3. netperf is also very good, but it's more complex to use and I'm not aware of packages for it. Marcelo
Digimer
2015-Mar-13 01:41 UTC
[CentOS] Network throughput testing software available for CentOS/Linux
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/03/15 08:42 PM, Marcelo Ricardo Leitner wrote:> On 12-03-2015 17:39, Digimer wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 12/03/15 04:29 PM, Gilbert Sebenste wrote: >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> A network engineer buddy of mine brought up for discussion with >>> me that he'd like to do some throughput testing, but he's new >>> to Linux/RedHat. Is there any software I can recommend to him >>> that any of you find above par for CentOS 6/7? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Gilbert >> >> I've used iperf a lot successfully. I have an RPM for EL6 on my >> repo here: >> >> https://alteeve.ca/an-repo/el6/RPMS/x86_64/iperf-2.0.5-11.el6.anvil.x86_64.rpm >> >> >> >>The source is there, and I would be surprised if it didn't build>> easily on EL7. >> >> https://alteeve.ca/an-repo/el6/SRPMS/iperf-2.0.5-11.el6.anvil.src.rpm > >> > +1 for iperf, and it's available on EPEL also > https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/ EPEL6 has iperf and > iperf3 while EPEL7 has just iperf3. > > netperf is also very good, but it's more complex to use and I'm > not aware of packages for it. > > MarceloI most likely compiled it from the EPEL repo, so I'd say to go get it there, not from my repo. Cheers - -- Digimer Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.ca/w/ What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of a person without access to education? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJVAkBnAAoJECChztQA3mh0EhQQAJOtbXEzpsPSmk6vFgwHaZ47 ZUXWUYH0pb3mij/w99vRck/SP2vjJkQJY6T+SFqoG/otJBGk7SKvAr9uBz53ocyd HjgP0NAUUKrIcRnJm6YARzNAky2i5paFIJw5IpIQvtC2U6JjbhRNnAeNEb0I/xCQ Wr8mutfmkGilTbBl3S9ggof4PvB5CaXOCbWFohy/Kmo7xQGxZ92o06pGOpBf1R+A X9SQqJfqjp4hS0N3uPr92aYvJ0Bugq3/nQbZHqAYHw0ri4suINz0DUQ/MKv9niC2 HPApvGMaH/s04n/mgNMoyPq4eIxhaJuv0XhluFzgEl6nDlftRNZwZiTYvowCcybX eWsx4lcKiXWjAr/c/wLFJ7G27Jvlm13K2FxxSG5Epe0qX6lk3FKweraM1SeqewnP Ao22KVjJHFc0eCP/iUsA5qHpS6+Zg/zh8SOiEds3v+VYolCPn2L0G2B7kWOMJAlc +YgsULi7u4iH9oxWFUO1Lt36GKYb50A70Lgg/zkuhYCe+QoPrwSkKuyUuDiFSGF3 H+Oz+Orrib6w9O+sswIUkZEwc6NGKZSjDmitV40/5wpX2TJ7WTbI5YhFLyYW7QPm TnTwgqO6o4RBpIQOYPQitoBUvnqDynKqoL1wM/CpdJxU/tUwuic8zI3jBBe8unGo VlRKkdA00NTz613aIPZ9 =5Sbl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Gilbert Sebenste
2015-Mar-13 03:10 UTC
[CentOS] Network throughput testing software available for CentOS/Linux
On Thu, 12 Mar 2015, Digimer wrote:> On 12/03/15 08:42 PM, Marcelo Ricardo Leitner wrote: >>> >>> I've used iperf a lot successfully. I have an RPM for EL6 on my >>> repo here: >>> >>> https://alteeve.ca/an-repo/el6/RPMS/x86_64/iperf-2.0.5-11.el6.anvil.x86_64.rpm >>> > The source is there, and I would be surprised if it didn't build >>> easily on EL7. >>> >>> https://alteeve.ca/an-repo/el6/SRPMS/iperf-2.0.5-11.el6.anvil.src.rpm >> >>> >> +1 for iperf, and it's available on EPEL also >> https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/ EPEL6 has iperf and >> iperf3 while EPEL7 has just iperf3. >> >> netperf is also very good, but it's more complex to use and I'm >> not aware of packages for it. >> >> Marcelo > > I most likely compiled it from the EPEL repo, so I'd say to go get it > there, not from my repo. > > Cheers > > - -- > Digimer > Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.ca/w/ > What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of a person without > access to education?Thanks, gentlemen, I appreciate it! I'll tell him to give iperf a try. Gilbert ******************************************************************************* Gilbert Sebenste ******** (My opinions only!) ****** Staff Meteorologist, Northern Illinois University **** E-mail: sebenste at weather.admin.niu.edu *** web: http://weather.admin.niu.edu ** Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NIU_Weather ** Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/niu.weather * *******************************************************************************
Fabian Arrotin
2015-Mar-13 08:02 UTC
[CentOS] Network throughput testing software available for CentOS/Linux
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 13/03/15 01:42, Marcelo Ricardo Leitner wrote:> On 12-03-2015 17:39, Digimer wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 12/03/15 04:29 PM, Gilbert Sebenste wrote: >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> A network engineer buddy of mine brought up for discussion with >>> me that he'd like to do some throughput testing, but he's new >>> to Linux/RedHat. Is there any software I can recommend to him >>> that any of you find above par for CentOS 6/7? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Gilbert >> >> I've used iperf a lot successfully. I have an RPM for EL6 on my >> repo here: >> >> https://alteeve.ca/an-repo/el6/RPMS/x86_64/iperf-2.0.5-11.el6.anvil.x86_64.rpm >> >> >>The source is there, and I would be surprised if it didn't build>> easily on EL7. >> >> https://alteeve.ca/an-repo/el6/SRPMS/iperf-2.0.5-11.el6.anvil.src.rpm > >> > +1 for iperf, and it's available on EPEL also > https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/ EPEL6 has iperf and > iperf3 while EPEL7 has just iperf3. > > netperf is also very good, but it's more complex to use and I'm not > aware of packages for it. > > Marcelo >I used iperf quite a lot in the past and then switched to iperf3, which I also built for the centos infra repo and packages are on koji/cbs : http://cbs.centos.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=497 But those are equals to the one[s] in EPEL so grab those from where you want :-) - -- Fabian Arrotin The CentOS Project | http://www.centos.org gpg key: 56BEC54E | twitter: @arrfab -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlUCmYoACgkQnVkHo1a+xU7wNQCfdOx1AH/RVmuw9/VRSA+UdVOm BG8AoIlW9fpWbR+BaJ6fqGtbps4dm9sH =LhMP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----