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Re: CPU load testing



On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 03:19:39PM -0500, dman wrote:
> On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 05:25:27PM +0100, Alex Hunsley wrote:
> | Can anyone recommend a good package or a good way to CPU load test my debian
> | box?
> 
> $ python
> >>> while 1 : pass
> ...
> 
> 
> (type the non-prompts)  Basically just make an infinite loop that does
> nothing in any programming language.  Run the program.  It will spend
> lots of CPU cycles doing nothing :-).
I prefer cat /dev/urandom > /dev/null
IMHO the "faster" way but the result should be the same ...

Sven

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