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Benchmarking software....

  • August 20, 2009 at 6:04 am

    #213577

    We're looking towards moving everything to a virtual environment but in order for me to be fully convinced (read a lot aboput virtual sql environments being slower that physical) i want to run some benchmark tests. I know i can use SQLIO for the disks but i'd also like to know what software other people use for benchmarking CPU's / memory??? I've had a look at performance test by passmark but interested to know if there's any others tried n tested out there.

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  • August 20, 2009 at 12:24 pm

    #1042343

    http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-8964

  • August 20, 2009 at 6:58 pm

    #1042533

    Heh... corporate made the brilliant decision to move our SQL Servers to VM. We're a "sub division" of the main company and had to comply. We've had nothing but problems ever since. And, guess what? Corporate doesn't use VM for their servers. 😉

    While I realize there are purported advantages to VM and other methods of "server consolidation", it's just not worth the hassle to me.

    --Jeff Moden

    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

  • April 8, 2010 at 1:44 am

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    Swirl80 (8/20/2009)

    We're looking towards moving everything to a virtual environment but in order for me to be fully convinced (read a lot aboput virtual sql environments being slower that physical) i want to run some benchmark tests. I know i can use SQLIO for the disks but i'd also like to know what software other people use for benchmarking CPU's / memory??? I've had a look at performance test by passmark but interested to know if there's any others tried n tested out there.

    Hi, can you let me know what you used as we're considering VM for SQL as well but I too have no doubts and would like to run some benchmark tests.

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