Re: Test suite of AS.

[Chris Kloiber <ckloiber redhat com>]

On Mon, 2004-09-06 at 02:43, Mohamed Eldesoky wrote:

> On Sunday 05 September 2004 6:36 pm, Chris Kloiber wrote:
> > On Sat, 2004-09-04 at 06:16, jm w wrote:
> > > Have any one used Red Hat Certification Testing Suite?
> > > I want to test my Storage --raid 5, what is made of 3
> > > 146G ST SCSI hard drives.
> > > But i don'k know clearly  if the test suite will hurt
> > > my system?
> > > My system:
> > >            RH EL 3--64bit,
> > >            4-way Itanium2
> > >            8G SDRAM,
> > >            Raid 5.
> > >
> > >
> > > Any suggestions will be welcome.
> > > Thanks ~~
> >
> 
> I have never heard of that test suite !!!
> Where I can find it ??
> I have RHN subscription (Paid one)

The latest version of the test suite is usually located here:

http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl/?pagename=files

I'd have to inquire if there is a newer version myself, it's been a
while since I used them myself.

> > I have never seen nor heard of the test suite damaging hardware, but it
> > should not be run on a production server anyway. The test suite can
> > theoretically cause the machine to crash due to overheating, but that is
> > one of the things  you want to know if you are going to be running these
> > tests. (Back up or move your data off this machine, just in case.) The
> > test were designed for hardware manufacturers, but are made available
> > for end users who want to self-certify their environments for peace of
> > mind. There is some set up involved in the testing (like placing a
> > recent kernel-*.src.rpm in a particular place, or setting up network
> > services on an additional machine) to be done prior to the tests, so
> > please read the instructions first.
> >
> > BTW- be aware that your email was marked as spam by Red Hat's filters, I
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> >
> How is my spam score ??
> :-)

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