1996-08-03 19:51:05 +00:00
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Netperf is a serious networking performance evaluation tool being
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distributed under GPL by HP's Information Networks Division.
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Testing is done using a pair of programs: `netserver' (the server) and
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`netperf' (the measurement tool).
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Netperf allows control over a large number of test `variables'.
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Some of these are:
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* specification of desired confidence levels for the tests
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Netperf will warn the user if these levels were not achieved.
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* filling send buffers with specified data (to beat compression schemes)
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* specification of send/recieve buffer alignments and data offsets
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* requesting cpu utilization and service demand calculations
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* specification of sizes of data to send
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Netperf can be used for measuring stream performance as well as
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round-trip performance.
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This port of netperf has been configured to support:
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TCP and UDP via BSD sockets
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Unix domain sockets
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1999-05-02 21:34:48 +00:00
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WWW: http://www.netperf.org/
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1996-08-03 19:51:05 +00:00
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- Koshy
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