Everyone, Many thanks for the thoughts and advise. I came across this particular product ( runs on windows :O ) that is giving me some statistics about the bandwidth usage. checkout www.weblogexpert.com thanks, Sarang On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 3:51 AM, Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 13Nov2009 08:26, Stainforth, Matthew (SD/DS) <Matthew.Stainforth@xxxxxx> > wrote: > | I think this is going to depend greatly on the maturity of your > | organization and could look like any of these: > [...] > | 4. proper load testing tools in a dedicated PST environment > > If feasible, I would go for (4). > > The tricky bit is making a test suite with your load test tool > that is representative of how things will be done in the real world. > Once you have that you can set up something to measure usage. > > Remember that lack of bandwidth (up to a point) won't result in failure > for your clients, more probably degraded performance. The flip side of > that is that if you're testing on a LAN the high local bandwidth can > skew the results of your test (i.e. indicate you may need more bandwidth > than you really do) because I/O bound stuff can run faster. Make sure > your test has tunable delays to constrain this "run really fast" > tendency. (Or if you're lucky you can make a special LAN with a tunable > throughput - then you can simulate your target bandwidth more > realisticly). > > Cheers, > -- > Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 > http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ > > In article 1t8n9hINNq9j@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, mcrider@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Mcrider) > writes: > >Could one of you physicist-type cyber-riders give a lucid description/ > >explanation of what some folks loosely refer to as a 'tank-slapper'? > > An undamped oscillation of camber thrust, with positive feedback, > applied to the front contact patch? :^) > - Ed Green, Ed.Green@xxxxxxxxxxxx, DoD#0111 > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list