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I wanted to take a computer and basically run some sort of 'stress' test for it. I would ultimately like it to continuously run so the computer generates a good amount of heat. I know it sounds crazy, but is there any benchmark or stress test that I can use to keep it thinking, but not damage the system? Its only going to be run for about a day.
Yes,
SiSoft's "Sandra"
:)
excellent, once again thank you nihil
ah, off hand do you know if this will run on a solaris box, or if they have a distribution for unix? I haven't had a chance to look around, figured I'd ask before I did some digging.
Hmmmmm,
I don't know if it is available yet. They were certainly working on a Linux suite last time I looked.
All the other stuff I know is purely Windows I am afraid..................
I haven't tested a Sun box for years but we never tested them for heat?????????? only for handling the workload and sizing them.
If you could give me a better idea of what exactly you are trying to do I could make a couple of phone calls tomorrow and get back to you?
:)
I think that there is a version for the Alpha processor?
Ive always used burn in test
http://www.passmark.com/products/bit.htm
And I dont know any stress tests that work with non windows machines..
This may help:
ftp://hogranch.com/pub/mayer/README.html#general
Basically a version of the PRIME95 test for non-x86 boxes.
Oh that makes me think.. I think UBCD has bootable stress tests..
Yes,
It would help a bit if we knew what the hardware and version of Solaris was?
You can get it to run on x86 platforms these days.
Prime95 is the defacto standard for computer enthusiasts
direct link to download:
http://mersenne.org/gimps/p95v2414.zip
Yes, that takes you to the Windows version.............. my link is to the Linux/Unix varietals ;)
varietals = variations?!?!
More information:
The Prime95 works great, the reason I am trying to boost these machines heat output is because they are located in a relatively non-ventalated room, and I wanted to simulate how potentially hot this room could get for security purposes. These seem to be doing great so I'll let you know what I end up gettin the room up to :).Code:# uname -a
SunOS xxxx 5.9 Generic_122300-03 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R
Thanks again guys
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varietals = variations?!?!
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