Perform Stress Test and Memory Test

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Objective

Understand how to perform stress test and memory test in a server.

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First, download the StressLinux ISO file, available here. Then, boot the ISO into the server.

In the first menu, select StressLinux.

Then, login as user stress with password stress, or as root with password stresslinux.

Afterwards, select English Keyboard and press Enter on every pop-up, as well as key in “y”/”yes” on every prompt.

Then, use the following command to create a new “window” interface.

 screen

To exit from the screen interface, press Ctrl A + D.

To return to the screen interface, use the following command.

screen -r

For a low stress test, use the following command.

stress -c 2 -i 2 -m 2 --vm-bytes 1024M -t 600s

For a medium stress test, use the following command.

stress -c 4 -i 4 -m 4 --vm-bytes 2048M -t 600s

For a high stress test, use the following command.

stress -c 8 -i 8 -m 8 --vm-bytes 4096M -t 600s

stress --cpu 8 --io 4 --vm 2 --hdd 4 --timeout 30s –verbose

stress --cpu 2000 --timeout 30s --verbose

stress --vm 2 --vm-bytes 6G --timeout 30s --verbose

stress --io 8 --timeout 2m

stress --hdd 1 --timeout 5m

First, download the MemTest ISO here.

Then, open the server console and boot the ISO.

The MemTest process is plug and play – it automatically runs once the ISO/pen drive is loaded.

Updated on February 3, 2021