On Sat, 2009-10-03 at 03:43 -0500, David C. Rankin wrote:
List,
For those that dream of a good tool to generate sufficient network I/O for testing routing, etc.. Take one or two of your Linux boxes containing VirtualBox (Linux host/XP or Vista guest) Forward X via ssh from a remote computer at the office that has the XP or Vista guest and then from an xterm type "VirtualBox" then hit the Start button on the VB console. Works great and will provide a sustained load on the internal subnet as the guest (now on your box via ssh) goes through the boot process that appears to be somewhat I/O intensive for the windows guest. 45min and I'm still waiting to get a usable task bar, Best part about the setup -- FREE :p
Funny you should mention this. Just last night I just did a ssh to a Linux box from a linux box, going through a third linux box to make the connection. I ran VMware remotely, starting a Windows XP OS. I was surprised how snappy it was. I expected what you saw, but in fact got a very usable session. So, I think part of your problem is how your parts are connected. I suspect a bottleneck more than a general flaw in the idea. I think the slowest ethernet interface in my setup is my broadband connection at home (the ultimate destination of the VMWare/X session). Perhaps one of your machines has too little RAM? -- Roger Oberholtzer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org