Phoronix Test Suite

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Phoronix Media Releases Linux-Based Testing Platform for Hardware, Software Validation

With over 50 test profiles and 23 test suites, the Phoronix Test +Suite offers unparalleled benchmarking for the Linux OS and can effectively gauge +a computer's performance from video gaming to file encryption to audio-video encoding +tasks.

Grand Rapids, MI (PRWEB) +June 5, 2008 -- Phoronix Media today released version 1.0 of the Phoronix Test +Suite (codenamed "Trondheim"), an extensible open-source platform for +conducting Linux-based benchmarking and performance profiling targeted at IHVs, +ISVs, and technology hobbyists. The Phoronix Test Suite combines years of Linux +testing by Phoronix Media with input from leading technology companies to offer +the most comprehensive testing and benchmarking platform available for the Linux +Operating System. The Phoronix Test Suite also offers unprecedented capabilities +for collaboration via the suite's online component.

"Over the past several years the Linux ecosystem has changed. +For a large part it's now rare to find Linux incompatible hardware, but it's becoming +a matter of having vendors optimize their drivers and ensuring a quality experience +across a wide array of software. The Phoronix Test Suite looks to address this +issue in part by providing a platform for conducting tests in an autonomous, reproducible, +and standardized environment," said Michael Larabel, the founder of Phoronix +Media and lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite. "The impact of the Phoronix +Test Suite isn't limited to those interested in better optimizing their software +or quality assurance teams ensuring device compatibility, but a by-product of +this is greater vitality within the Linux ecosystem by fostering the growth of +a standardized test specification."

The Phoronix Test Suite was designed to be highly extensible. +This software is provided under the GNU GPLv3 license to allow independent developers +and companies to use this framework with the included tests, write test profiles +for their own applications, or utilize third-party sources. A basic test profile +can be written in a matter of minutes using the documented, standardized XML-based +specification with support for installing the software, carrying out the programmed +tests, and reporting the results. Through the turnkey deployment capabilities +of the Phoronix Test Suite each test is run in a standardized, easy to use, and +repeatable fashion on any Linux distribution and any system configuration.

"The overall flexibility and usability of the Phoronix Test +Suite makes it easy to create complex testing configurations and still have the +results presented in a readable and understandable fashion," said Andrew +Schofield, a computational biologist and one of the contributing developers to +the Phoronix Test Suite. "Many of the software tools used in computational +biology involve running tasks or analyses for extended periods of time due to +the amount of computation required. Even a relatively simple molecular dynamics +simulation can take a whole day of CPU time to only produce a couple nanoseconds +of the simulation. The Phoronix Test Suite should be able to offer insight into +what machine configurations perform the best at different tasks."

For archiving, sharing, and analyzing results generated by the +Phoronix Test Suite, an online component is provided free-of-charge and the results +are web accessible. PTS Global +supports searching through all uploaded results, grouping of results, side-by-side +results comparison, uploading results with user-supplied tags, and other features +to effectively analyze test results.

"The Phoronix Test Suite is an impressive, fast-developing +general-purpose testing suite for both software and hardware on Linux...Its range +and flexibility set it apart from the current batch of benchmarking tools," +said Carla Schroder, author of The Linux Cookbook and The Linux Networking Cookbook. +"It has an especially interesting and useful feature that I believe is unique: +a public repository for sharing and comparing test results, and replicating tests +performed by other users. This is a great tool for system tuning and understanding +what your own test results really mean. I think this is going to become one of +the most popular and useful Linux benchmarking suites."

The Phoronix Test Suite can be downloaded at http://www.phoronix-test-suite.com/. +Going forward, Phoronix Media will provide regular point releases with the next +major update being planned for a Q4'08 release. Technical support can be made +available to corporate customers on an individual basis.

About Phoronix Media:

Phoronix Media was founded in 2004 and is the largest Internet +resource devoted to the enrichment of the Linux hardware experience. Its premiere +web property, Phoronix.com, attracts more +than 200 million hits annually and focuses upon Linux-based hardware news, reviews, +and driver analyses. Phoronix.com has more than 1,100 articles and 1,400 news +postings. Other Phoronix Media assets include Phorogit.com, +PhoronixForums.com, Cekora.com, +OpenBenchmarking.org, and RadeonHD.org.

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Installation Guidelines

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Phoronix Test Suite Options

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System Sensor Monitoring

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PTS Suite Specification

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PTS Test Specification

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Tips & Tricks

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Writing A Test Profile

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