Generating load on a nova / bock instance.

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Notes on generating load for compute & block storage instances

Install

• {{apt-get install sysbench}}

CPU Load

• {{sysbench —test=cpu —cpu-max-prime=20000 run

Disk Load

• {{cd directory-on-volume-to-exercise}}
• {{sysbench —test=fileio —file-total-size=150G prepare}}
• {{sysbench —test=fileio —file-total-size=150G —file-test-mode=rndrw —init-rng=on —max-time=300 —max-requests=0 run}}
• {{sysbench —test=fileio —file-total-size=150G cleanup}}

MySQL Load

• See reference.

Reference

• http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-benchmark-your-system-cpu-file-io-mysql-with-sysbench