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Is it possible to write a test in rspec-puppet to check if registry exists?

I am trying to install .net framework 4.5.2 using puppet module using exec resource instead of using Package resource due to some reason. I want to write a test case to check if it is installed or not. The only way I could find to check if it is…
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program to emulate web browsing

I develop Web cache application for video content. I need to test it with sites like Youtube. Are there any applications which can be used to emulate random browsing of Youtube so I can stress-load my cache proxy? Thanks.
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Router/Firewall Hardware Failure Testing

My company has a Sonicwall Pro 3060 Enhanced that has been in service 24/7 for about 10 years since it was originally purchased. Lately the box has seemed to have hiccups in passing traffic (although I don't have any proof it was the router/firewall…
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Different throughput Ethernet-Wireless Wireless-Ethernet

I've built an open source implementation of RFC2544 to test IPv4 network devices. One of the first devices I tested is a wireless router D-Link 2640B. In order to measure its performance I use a laptop with a 10/100 Mb Ethernet interface and an…
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Windows server environment for the setup, testing and putting 3rd party server apps into production

Our company uses several 3rd-party server applications (Installed as services and desktops have client applications) installed on Windows Servers (virtual) along with SQL Server. All of this is under the same domain (Maybe that's the problem?). Each…
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What are acceptable failure rates in load testing scenarios

I am doing a report on load testing for a client. I am using a service called blitz IO. He would like to handle 1000 concurrent users at 500ms. Every time I have run a test like this there it has never come back 100%, invariably if i run the test…
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Test ethernet port for data loss

We are trying to test the ethernet phy on our linux box for data loss. As of now we just establish a tftp connection to a server to upload and download a file. Whenever a mismatch occurs, it is reported as failure. This is not a very nice test, as…
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Simple check to confirm access to a Domain Controller

I'm preparing for a battery of resilience tests on a new network (which will be hosting a mission-critical application). As part of it, I ought to confirm the resilience of the domain controllers. We have 2 DCs in this environment, and I need to be…
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Will I get banned or blocked for running a diagnostic app?

This may seem like a simple question. Hopefully it will have a simple answer. I run an internet radio station. There are 3 machines. Music source client Stage server Master server (relays the signal from the stage server to our listeners) Recently…
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changing /etc/pam.d location

is there a way to change location of /etc/pam.d directory, or is it hardcoded into PAM? can't it be changed with some environment variable for specific client programs? for example: PAM_CONFIG_ROOT=/tmp/pam_test_configs pam_client_app or it can't…
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httperf burst­length when using wsesslog

I am trying to use httperf to stress test a server using the following syntax httperf --hog --client=0/1 --server myserver.com \ --wsesslog=2000,2,mysessions.cfg --max-piped-calls 5 --rate 150 this should create 2000 sessions at a rate of 150…
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Testing ATI hardware for OpenGL

We have an application that uses OpenGL, and historically it has run lousy on ATI cards, although results have been different depending on card/driver combo. We're trying to put together a test machine on a very low budget, where we can swap in…
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Apache Bench reports different result with same page

I'm running into a little problem base-lining an Apache2/fcgi/php-fpm server I am setting up. If I run: ab -n 15000 http://mysite.com/index.php. Apache Bench returns Time per request: 41ms but document length: 0 bytes and html transferred: 0…
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How to do safely test Biztalk app by manipulating the Windows OS system time w/o breaking the Active Directory?

i have a biztalk - window service tied middleware application which talks to other system. recently we had a request to test for scenarios which relates to the date. as we have a lot of places in the application which uses the .net Datetime.Now…
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How to test virtual host setting on local or intranet environment?

I have the following httpd configuration to allow subdomains and to redirect www url to non-www url: ServerName example.com:80 NameVirtualHost *:80 ServerName example.com ServerAlias…
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