[Bloat] Is still netperf a valid tool?

[Sebastian Moeller]

Hi Sergio,

IMHO netperf is a convenient toll to generate load, and for measuring bufferbloat, or latency under load increase, generating saturating loads is an important step. So I see no reason why the fct that netperf is relatively mature and sees only little change nowadays speaks against using it. I note that optionally the actual latency measurement can/will be performed using irtt...
	I guess the real experts will be able to offer a more nuanced opinion...

Best Regards
	Sebastian


> On Jun 14, 2020, at 16:36, Sergio Belkin <sebelk at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I've seen that many of the recommended tools to diagnose/troubleshoot bufferbloat use netperf.
> Netperf in https://github.com/HewlettPackard/netperf has many years of inactivity. In fact, in recent versions of distros don't include it.
> So, my question is: is still netperf a reliable tool?
> Thanks in advance!
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