Benchmarking

Benchmarking Network Benchmarking Network- Leads Benchmarking studies worldwide, provides benchmarking measures and metrics, training in benchmarking, research and implementation in support of improve… Graphics & Workstation Performance Group Graphics & Workstation Performance Group- News and performance numbers from the GWPG. EEMBC EEMBC- EDN Embedded Microprocessor Benchmarking Consortium is a non-profit consortium that develops benchmark suites that target key embedded system applications. Specbench CPU95 Results Specbench CPU95 Results- This is the HTML FORM's interface to more than one thousand benchmark results published by SPEC. The Benchmark Gateway The Benchmark Gateway- TOP performers in all of the major public benchmarks, TPC, SPEC, Oracle, SAP, and Intel. PerfSuite PerfSuite- A collection of tools to help analyze and improve software performance on Intel (x86 and ia64) and AMD (x86 and x86-64) systems running Linux, including tools for measu… Load Testing of any technology Load Testing of any technology- Consulting practice focused on load testing with the Mercury Interactive tool. IT Transition IT Transition- Offering benchmark services in the UK. Open Source Passive TCP Application Response Time Monitor for Linux Open Source Passive TCP Application Response Time Monitor for Linux- Uses packet sniffer technology to monitor IP applications, such as HTTP, SMTP and POP3. It measures response t… David Kubelka David Kubelka- Performance tools for computer professionals. Fresh Diagnose Fresh Diagnose- Free software to analyze and benchmark your computer system. Radifed Radifed- Sample benchmarks and links to benchmarking programs Haveland-Robinson Associates - PoVBench Haveland-Robinson Associates - PoVBench- Benchmark database, serving as a guide to the relative maths performance of various computers, processors and compilers. Open Source FTP Benchmark Open Source FTP Benchmark- Home page for the dkftpbench FTP benchmark. Measuring how many simultaneous dialup users can be down loading from an FTP site at the same time. Software, System and network testing Software, System and network testing- Benchmark testing operating systems with Microsoft funded Windows NT verses Linux tests. Bonnie Bonnie- Benchmarks that measure the performance of Unix file system operations, concerned mainly with identifying bottlenecks. SysOpt.com SysOpt.com- System optimization site provides PC users with information to get the most out of their systems. Includes over-clocking guides, benchmark score surveys, evaluations o… LMBench LMBench- Tools for performance analysis, latency and bandwidth measurement of hardware and the operating system. [for Unix] NT vs. Linux Server Benchmark Data NT vs. Linux Server Benchmark Data- Links and summaries of results of benchmarks comparing Windows NT and Linux network performance. Standards Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) Standards Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC)- A standards body for performance benchmarks. SPEC is an umbrella organization encompassing the efforts of the Open Systems Gro… TPC TPC- Transaction Processing Performance Council, a non-profit corporation founded to define transaction processing and database benchmarks and to disseminate objective, verifiable… BenchWeb BenchWeb- A starting point for finding information about computer system performance, benchmark test results and benchmark source code. STREAM STREAM- Sustainable memory bandwidth discussion, with results on a wide variety of computer systems. From Macs and PCs to the most current and recent workstations, right up to Cra… Adding Security to Common Linux Distributions Adding Security to Common Linux Distributions- Discusses ways Linux system administrators can secure a system from intruders, by Michael Jastremski, LinuxFocus July 1998. Linux Journal: Creating a Linux Firewall Using the TIS Firewall Toolkit Linux Journal: Creating a Linux Firewall Using the TIS Firewall Toolkit- Benjamin Ewy explains very thoroughly how to build your own `bastion host' firewall with Linux using the T… AFNOG - African Network Operators Group AFNOG - African Network Operators Group- Forum for the exchange of technical information, and aims to promote discussion of implementation issues that require community cooperatio… SwiNOG NOC Contacts SwiNOG NOC Contacts- Swiss Network Operators Group. What is a NOC? What is a NOC?- Definition of a Network Operations Center (NOC). NANOG - North American Network Operators' Group NANOG - North American Network Operators' Group- Informal association of North American internet backbone operators.