Stress Testing

[Byron Sonne]

>> I've been given a server at work to "stress test" the hardware.  The
>> server will be used as a java server, running tomcat.  Any suggestions
>> for software to use?  I'm currently running memtest86.

If you're just talking about basic 'burn in' and smoke testing the box,
I've found that perpetually looping an automated Linux install works
pretty good. Alot of i/o, and I like to think that the hardware
detection routines flex the peripherals a good bit. That might be
wishful thinking though.
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