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Phoronix Releases Linux Benchmarking Distribution

Posted by timothy on from the medium-infrastructure dept.

Bitnit writes "Phoronix has released a major update to their automated Linux benchmarking software, the Phoronix Test Suite, and more interestingly they have released their own distribution that's designed for hardware testing and benchmarking on Linux. With PTS Desktop Live they provide this Linux distribution that's to run only from a live environment off a DVD / USB key and then allows their benchmarking software to run — and only that — on this standardized software stack, which makes hardware comparisons a lot easier."

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  1. Re:Speed - running off the CD by roger_that · · Score: 5, Informative

    Once the test is loaded, it runs from memory, and CD speed will not (should not) affect the test results.

  2. Re:Wrong benchmarks by ta+bu+shi+da+yu · · Score: 3, Informative

    So what's stopping you? :-) They give instructions on how to do this here. The only thing it probably won't do well is bootup testing, but then you probably want something like Bootchart for that.

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  3. Re:VirtualBox by geekboybt · · Score: 2, Informative

    "You may use the Software to conduct internal performance testing and benchmarking studies, the results of which you (and not unauthorized third parties) may publish or publicly disseminate; provided that VMware has reviewed and approved of the methodology, assumptions and other parameters of the study. Please contact VMware at benchmark@vmware.com to request such review." From http://www.vmware.com/download/eula/server.html