We have quite a number of companies using hardware from companies like Ixia and Spirent - the key is to use tools that makes it easy to setup a testing methodology without hiring a support staff. You can contact me directly for more information and how others like Cisco, At&T, Vodafone and many more are doing this sort of testing. Regards, Chuck creynolds@tsieda.com -----Original Message----- From: Vlad Galu [mailto:galu@packetdam.com] Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 10:31 AM To: Jason Leschnik Cc: George Jones; nanog@nanog.org; Naiden Dimitrov Subject: Re: flow generating tool On Sep 26, 2011, at 4:02 PM, Jason Leschnik wrote:
Does anyone follow a network performance testing methodology, using hardware from companies like ixia/spirent?
I know that basic testing is typically done for validation of configs, but i assume other issues would make themselves apparent when pushed to these higher loads.
thoughts/comments?
Thanks
It really depends on the product you are testing. If forwarding performance is what you want to measure, you would do it with various routing table sizes (starting small and ending with a global table). Packet size is also something you should look at. We could provide better suggestions if you tell us what your product is. Vlad Galu galu@packetdam.com