On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 09:19:52AM -0400, Jeff Trout wrote:
Bonnie++ is able to use very large datasets. It also tries to figure out hte size you want (2x ram) - the original bonnie is limited to 2GB.
Yes, and once you get into large datasets like that the quality of the data is fairly poor because the program can't really eliminate cache effects. IOW, it tries but (in my experience) doesn't succeed very well.
Mike Stone
