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- What's new in 2.31?
- 1. Six drives can be tested in a single session instead of four.
- 2. Record size can be set by a command line argument.
- 3. Results can be printed.
- 4. Spelling and grammar were corrected in this file!
-
- This program was written to evaluate the performance of our Lantastic
- network and compare the effects of various server settings and traffic
- loading of the network. It reads and writes a series of records to any
- drive you are using (drives D thru Z). Drive C: is considered your local
- drive and cannot be tested. The program will test up to six drives in a
- single session and display the results in Kbytes per second on the
- screen or to a printer. Higher numbers indicate better performance.
- Pressing F10 at any time during the test will terminate the test and
- restart the program.
-
-
- There are six command line arguments that may be used with Lanspeed Ver. 2.31.
-
- /R=XXXX specifies the number of records to read and write. This can
- be any number from 100 to 9999. 1000 is the default if none is
- specified.
-
- /S=XXXX specifies the record size to be used. Valid numbers are 64 to
- 1024. 1024 is the default if none is specified.
-
- /T=XX:YY specifies the time to start the test. This can be used to start
- the test running from several machines at once to evaluate how heavier
- traffic is affecting your network. Enter this in 24 hr format such as
- 14:00 for 2:00pm. If this argument is detected, the program will wait
- until the time you specified to begin execution. If you made a mistake,
- such as specifying T=13:00 at 2:00pm, rather than wait 23 hours for the
- program to run, you can press the ESCAPE key to return to DOS or the
- ENTER key to begin the test immediately.
-
- /MONO specifies to run the program in monochrome mode. Use this if the
- program cannot determine it is being run on a monochrome system.
-
- /P will print the graphs on your printer at the conclusion of the test.
- Only ASCII characters are used so this should work on any printer.
-
- /? or /HELP displays a screen of the above information.
-
- Please send any comments, critisisms, or suggestions to Curby L. Keith,
- Compuserve ID 76635,3444.
-
- This program is Copyrighted by Mid America Data. Please feel free to
- distribute it, complete with this file, to anyone who might have a use
- for it. We ask for no payment or royalties for its use. We do, however,
- reserve the right to do so in future versions.
-