#42 System setup guide - best practices

[Glen Bojsza]

Hello,

I am completely new to iPerf and I am looking for guidance on the correct or best system setup for the following scenario...hopefully recognizing the hardware specifications and noting if they require changes.

Server : Ubuntu 18.04 ; iPerf3 ; 64 GB ram ; 10 GB interface card
Clients: 25 wifi based Android tablets

1. How should iPerf3 be configured on the server (ie systemd? spin up threads on startup?)

2. If a connection between a tablet and the server drops but comes back does the iPerf3 startup again or is there a reconnect script or command that can be used at server startup that can be used?

3. Wanting to optimize the traffic to each tablet and based on the 10 GB interface card should we over subscribe the amount of data rate?

4. Should the server be upgraded to the latest Ubuntu release

Any help with this setup would be appreciated along with any other considerations that would help us get started.

regards,