Maximum possible traffic rate

[sajal <s.b...@qu...>]

Hi,

I am using curl-loader on a physical machine with following 
specifications: Intel Core 2 duo 3.0 GHz processor, 4 GB Memory and 
running Linux 2.6.32

The configuration file being used is the following:
########### GENERAL SECTION ################################
BATCH_NAME = 100
CLIENTS_NUM_MAX = 10000
CLIENTS_NUM_START = 1000
CLIENTS_RAMPUP_INC = 1000
INTERFACE = eth0
NETMASK = 8
IP_ADDR_MIN= 10.1.0.1
IP_ADDR_MAX= 10.2.255.255  #Actually - this is for self-control
CYCLES_NUM= 1
URLS_NUM=1
########### URL SECTION ####################################

URL=http://192.168.100.8/index.html
URL_SHORT_NAME="local-index"
REQUEST_TYPE=GET
FRESH_CONNECT=1
TIMER_URL_COMPLETION =0      # In msec. When positive, Now it is 
enforced by cancelling url fetch on timeout
TIMER_AFTER_URL_SLEEP =0

With this configuration file I am able to get approximately 130 new 
connections/second and the data-rate is somewhere 30-35 kbps. I wanted 
to know with this configuration and available resources what is the 
maximum possible no. of new connections/second and data-rate I can get?

Thanks and Regards

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Sajal Bhatia
Research Masters Student
QUT, Brisbane
AUSTRALIA