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Commands tagged speed

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iperf -s
2011-01-24 07:58:38
User: forcefsck
Tags: Network test speed bandwidth throughput iperf
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network throughput test

On the machine acting like a server, run:

iperf -s

On the machine acting like a client, run:

iperf -c ip.add.re.ss

where ip.add.re.ss is the ip or hostname of the server.

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nc -l -p 7777 > /dev/null
2011-01-24 00:06:45
User: kerim
Tags: Network netcat nc pv test speed throughput
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live netcat network throughput test

On the another machine write this command.

pv -r /dev/zero | nc 192.168.1.1 7777

It will show live throughput between two machine.The destination machine ip is at our example 192.168.1.1

You must multiply by 8 for the network calculation.

You must install pv and netcat commands for this commands usage.

kerim@bayner.com

http://www.bayner.com/

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cat /dev/sda | pv -r > /dev/null
2011-01-23 22:58:56
User: kerim
Functions: cat
Tags: cat hard disk read harddisk pv speed hdparm hard drive disk
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Detect your computer's harddisk read speed without disk cache speed

Change your drive letter as you wish.

Using pv command for speed detect.First of all you must install pv command for usage.

http://www.bayner.com/

kerim@bayner.com

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while :;do killall -USR1 dd;sleep 1;done
2010-04-07 09:23:31
User: oernii2
Functions: killall
Tags: dd progress speed
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send DD a signal to print its progress

every 1sec sends DD the USR1 signal which causes DD to print its progress.

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trickle -d 60 wget http://very.big/file
2010-03-29 06:55:30
User: point_to_null
Functions: wget
Tags: Network unix download speed
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Limit bandwidth usage by any program

Trickle is a voluntary, cooperative bandwidth shaper. it works entirely in userland and is very easy to use.

The most simple application is to limit the bandwidth usage of programs.

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echo $(date +%s) > start-time; URL=http://www.google.com; while true; do echo $(curl -L --w %{speed_download} -o/dev/null -s $URL) >> bps; sleep 10; done &
2009-09-19 21:26:06
User: matthewbauer
Functions: date echo sleep
Tags: log curl gnuplot internet download bps speed
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Log your internet download speed

This will log your internet download speed.

You can run

gnuplot -persist <(echo "plot 'bps' with lines")

to get a graph of it.

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