Re: Maximum possible traffic rate

[Robert I. <cor...@gm...>]

Hi,

On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 8:27 AM, sajal <s.b...@qu...> wrote:

> 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
>

Try some 3000-5000 to begin with


> CLIENTS_NUM_START = 1000
>

Start from some 100-200


> CLIENTS_RAMPUP_INC = 1000
>

keep 50-200


> 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
>

You mean -1 or some high number?

Use
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
>

Remove the tag 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?
>

Monitor your server-side, where it may be the bottleneck,
after you place the correct tags with values.

Read:

http://curl-loader.sourceforge.net/high-load-hw

and read more the README, other files in docs directory and the links sent
to you.


>
> Thanks and Regards
>
> --
>
> Sajal Bhatia
> Research Masters Student
> QUT, Brisbane
> AUSTRALIA
>
>
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