On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 10:43:48AM -0600, Eric Peterson wrote:
> What software do people use to test their servers and workstations for
> hardware failures?
> 
> I use my own custom scripts to put a load on the computer, run memtest to
> check RAM, and fsck to check disks, but I feel like I need something more. I
> also use SeaTools to test my server drives.
> 
> Is there an application that people like that tests all the components of a
> server?

Compile a couple of kernels simultaneously with -j5. That should
stress the VM system and the memory.

florin

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