Hi Greg, Thanks. I have no idea. I have never heard of it before. On reading about it just now, I'd suppose it would be routinely used by system/network administrators, but I ain't one of those. I'm a programmer. I will study it in the morning to see first how to use it and then if it will answer my questions. Thanks Ted On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Greg Freemyer wrote:

Will fio do what you want. I think it is in 12.3. I know it will be in 13.1 and it is in the build service.

Greg

Ted Byers wrote:

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I have a 4 TB NAS automounted on two servers running Linux (one runs Ubuntu and the one I am concerned with runs Suse linux 12.3).

Now, both servers have decently high capacity SSD drives (as the only drive in the machine), and I would like to measure the speed with which each server can save data to the NAS. Theoretically, that speed ought to be about 1 gbps, as tht is the best each of the nics in my varius systems, and my router and switches, support. But, being the paranoid sort that I am, I want to actually measure that speed if I can.

What I have found so far, using Google, are a few articles that either state that the speed will be 1 gbps, or that say there is software that will measure it, but I have yet to find info about what software can be used for the purpose on either Suse or Ubuntu.

Ideally, I'd like to run a couple tests on each, and then ensure there is nothing left on the drive after the test.

So, when I start YaST, what program ought I look for? Or do I have to search for open source software not available via yaST.

Thanks

Ted

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