[NCLUG] Testing memory pressure

[Myles Bostwick]

It's probably not quite what you're looking for, but you could mount a
ramfs that eats up most of your memory.

-Myles

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On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 8:23 AM,  <grant at amadensor.com> wrote:
> I want to test how an application reacts to being starved for resources.
>
> I have some pretty good ideas about how to create an artificial I/O load
> and a CPU load.   Does anyone have a good idea for how to (from something
> quick like shell or PERL) use a lot of memory so that things start to swap
> out?
>
>
> I am trying to get real numbers about how different database plans (hash,
> loops, scans) react to different resource limitations.  I have seen it
> over the years on different hardware, but I want real numbers for he same
> hardware when you have to share.
>
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