Switchbench

Switchbench is a benchmark to thoroughly evaluate the performance of data networks as a whole. It consists of three microbenchmarks that generate a streaming workload for a number of machines connected to a data network. It is intended to characterise the throughput performance of networks and switches in clusters or LANs.

Related publication

Felix Rauch Comprehensive Throughput Evaluation of LANs in Clusters of PCs with Switchbench — or How to Bring Your Switch to its Knees Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Workload Characterization 2005, Austin, TX, USA, October, 2005

Software downloads

• sbench-release-0.92.tar.gz (9 June 2006)
• sbench-release-0.91.tar.gz (15 July 2005)