Redhat memory stress tool

Hey there again...  If you need to exhaust the linux OS memory to its limits there is an useful tool at: http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/repoview/stress.html



Step 1 Get the tool
Step 2 Build/Install it
Step 3 Execute it

# wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/stress-1.0.4-4.el6.x86_64.rpm

# sudo rpm -ivh stress-1.0.4-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
warning: stress-1.0.4-4.el6.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 0608b895: NOKEY
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:stress                 ########################################### [100%]#

# stress --cpu 8 --io 4 --vm 2 --vm-bytes 128M --timeout 10s
stress: info: [1523] dispatching hogs: 8 cpu, 4 io, 2 vm, 0 hdd
stress: info: [1523] successful run completed in 10s
#

Enjoy!
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