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[Jason Zurawski <>]

Hi Alex;

Consider using the pS Performance Toolkit:

  http://psps.perfsonar.net/toolkit/

This is a bootable Linux ISO that contains a web100 patched kernel and 
performance tools including NDT and NPAD.  The pSPT will work with vm 
environments like VMware or Virtual Box.

Thanks;

-jason


On 5/10/10 6:28 PM, Alex. S. wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Since the last week, I had been trying to setup a server to test ndt
> just for fun.
>
> I tried with ubuntu 8.04 LTS, kernels 2.6.33, 2.6.32, 2.6.31, and 2.6.24
> (and their respective web100 patches), web100 userland 1.7, but with
> varying grades of compilation success I was not able to test ndt on my
> virtual machine.
>
> At the end, my best shot was a version of ndt server and client (3.6.2b)
> passing the checks for middleboxes, but failing the client to server and
> server to client tests with messages like "S2C throughput test FAILED!".
> The worst cases were when the ndt client didn't even pass the checks for
> middleboxes with "Checking for Middleboxes Protocol error  missed text
> message!"
>
> Tonight I'm going to try the instructions at
> https://wiki.chpc.utah.edu/display/CyberInfrastructureLab/Network+Performance+Measurement+Server+using+Fedora+Core+9
> using these exact software versions to see.
>
> Before of that I was wondering if there exists a sort of VirtualBox or
> VMWare image ready for use with ndt (with the right version of web100).
> If it is, can you point me to there ?
>
> Why is this compilation so difficult?, Is there any methods to validate
> if everything goes well in every stage? how can I know if the web100
> patched kernel is doing well (besides the message "web100 initialization
> was successful" in dmesg), how can I check if the web100 userland was
> correctly installed and if it is functioning properly?, how can I know
> what to blame in case of something goes wrong?, what are the most
> "stable" combination of software versions involved to try?
>
>
> Thank you very much for your time and your responses.
>
>
>
> A.