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From:       "Jeff Gibson" <jg159357 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-04-22 6:06:11
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Just an option: If you have one of the boards with extra ram that makes the
/dev/shm partition, you could save the files there and have as fast of
writing capabilities as the RAM.  Hope this helps with your testing.

-Jeff


On 4/21/06, voyage-linux-request@list.voyage.hk <
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> Subject: [Voyage-linux] Re: [Madwifi-devel] Real throughput tests at
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> unky wrote:
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> >Hi Beat,
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> >Did you use vmstat or others in your test to see if the WRAP boxes are
> >CPU bound (i.e. 0% CPU idle)?  I have experience that runing iperf
> >client and server would consume all your CPU power.  So in my
> >performance test, I don't run iperf on the measured boxed anymore.
> >Instead, I use wget to remote download a big file from another local
> >server.
> >
> >
> I have about 50% cpu load
> I have also done the test with connected pc with iperf and scp but with a
> ftp, scp, wget
> the limiting factor is the disk (even worse a cf)! I know the new disk are
> fast but
> do a test with an old disk ...
> For bandwidth test you should really use iperf or something similar.
> BTW: No difference in tests on wrap or with connected pc
>
> Greetings
>
> Beat
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<div>Just an option: If you have one of the boards with extra ram that makes the \
/dev/shm partition, you could save the files there and have as fast of writing \
capabilities as the RAM.&nbsp; Hope this helps with your testing.</div>

<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>-Jeff<br><br>&nbsp;</div>
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at<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.4km&nbsp;&nbsp; p2p link<br>To: Punky \
&lt;<a href="mailto:punkytse@gmail.com">punkytse@gmail.com </a>&gt;<br>Cc: <a \
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text/plain; charset=&quot;us-ascii&quot;<br><br>unky wrote: <br><br>&gt;Hi \
Beat,<br>&gt;<br>&gt;Did you use vmstat or others in your test to see if the WRAP \
boxes are<br>&gt;CPU bound (i.e. 0% CPU idle)?&nbsp;&nbsp;I have experience that \
runing iperf<br>&gt;client and server would consume all your CPU power.&nbsp;&nbsp;So \
in my <br>&gt;performance test, I don't run iperf on the measured boxed \
anymore.<br>&gt;Instead, I use wget to remote download a big file from another \
local<br>&gt;server.<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>I have about 50% cpu load<br>I have also done \
the test with connected pc with iperf and scp but with a <br>ftp, scp, wget<br>the \
limiting factor is the disk (even worse a cf)! I know the new disk are<br>fast \
but<br>do a test with an old disk ...<br>For bandwidth test you should really use \
iperf or something similar.<br>BTW: No difference in tests on wrap or with connected \
pc <br><br>Greetings<br><br>Beat<br><br>--<br>Echte DSL-Flatrate dauerhaft für 0,- \
Euro*!<br>&quot;Feel free&quot; mit GMX DSL! <a \
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