[145043] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: flow generating tool
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Vlad Galu)
Mon Sep 26 10:30:40 2011
From: Vlad Galu <galu@packetdam.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAN1XHtd7FMZ7T6XOM8Rcr5uTbAYBvNGKPd3-0P9DqYrGpTktQA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:30:33 +0200
To: Jason Leschnik <leschnik@gmail.com>
Cc: George Jones <gmj@cert.org>, nanog@nanog.org,
Naiden Dimitrov <naiden.dimitrov@maxtelecom.bg>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Sep 26, 2011, at 4:02 PM, Jason Leschnik wrote:
> Does anyone follow a network performance testing methodology, using =
hardware
> from companies like ixia/spirent?
>=20
> I know that basic testing is typically done for validation of configs, =
but i
> assume other issues would make themselves apparent when pushed to =
these
> higher loads.
>=20
> thoughts/comments?
>=20
> Thanks
It really depends on the product you are testing. If forwarding =
performance is what you want to measure, you would do it with various =
routing table sizes (starting small and ending with a global table). =
Packet size is also something you should look at.
We could provide better suggestions if you tell us what your product is.
Vlad Galu
galu@packetdam.com
