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running ab multiple times slows requests down, how to diagnos this?
I have a simple website that I run apache bench with like:
ab -n 10000 -c 10 -k http://localhost:8080/
After running it once, the second time around the responses slow down allot.
How can I ...
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Looking for OS X apps to run various workloads for battery testing purposes
I'm looking for an OS X apparently that can generate various workloads eg
Light: reading a local document
Medium: web browsing
Heavy: streaming Internet video
I want to use these workloads as a ...
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How come my Intel 520 180GB SSD performs extremely poorly?
I recently installed a new Intel 520 series 180GB SSD in my brand new MacBook Pro.
The system is as follows:
Model: MacBook Pro 15-inch, Late 2011 (MacBookPro8,2)
Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7
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Fully featured time command on Mac OS X?
On some unix systems I've been used to a time command which many options including ways to format the output (-f) and redirect the output to a file (-o), see for example this man entry of time.
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View real time hard drive transfer rates for Mac
I am looking for a program/app that will show me the current data rate that is being written and/or read from the hard drive in real time, for the Mac.
I want to see the rate at which the hard drive ...
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How do I profile the startup process in OS X 10.5?
When I bought my MBP 2.2 GHZ in 2007, it got from dead to an active dock in about 18 seconds, and now it takes about 1:30 to get a fully responsive home screen.
I want to find a way to profile the ...
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AFP, SMB, NFS which is the best data transfer protocol?
I have a computer with large hard disks running Gentoo. I have to serve med/big files via a wired network to Apple devices (all of them running OS X).
Which protocol is the best for the following ...
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Good OS X Hard Drive Benchmark
What software can provide some insight on the performance of the hard drive in my MacBook Pro? I would be interested in both sequential and random read and write performance.
This is in the context ...
