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brentmd

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Torture Test - Recommendations

Aug-04-2011, 06:45 PM

I have a used server and want to test the hardware with BurnInTest 6.0.

The following will be tested:

CPU : RAM : NIC : DISKS (HD)

I would like to run the torture test on all 4 of these hardware components. The duty cycle would be set to 100.

How many hours would it be recommended to run the torture test for these components at the same time?
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Ian (PassMark)

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Aug-05-2011, 12:39 AM

Normally the benefits of testing a used system diminishes beyond 12 hours. However if the system has very large and very slow disks, this could be worthwhile. Normally we would suggest running with a duty cycle of 100% for the disk (as it is the test that takes the longest), then a bit less for the other tests, such that the CPU is not hard on 100%. I would also just run a CPU Maximum heat test by itself for something like 30 minutes.
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