DNSPerf, ResPerf, and DHCPerf Provide Communication Providers with Predictive Planning Tools to Scale Networks.

Three tools, DNSPerf, ResPerf, and DHCPerf deliver accurate performance metrics of Domain Name Services (DNS) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) services, all of which are free for download below. These tools are easy-to-use and simulate real Internet workloads to provide the necessary insight that carriers need to plan and deploy network services.

DNSPerf measures Authoritative Domain Name services and is designed to simulate network conditions by “self-pacing” the query load.

Caching services performance and workload profile differ significantly from Authoritative Domain services; therefore a different tool is needed. ResPerf is designed specifically to simulate Caching Domain Name services. To test a caching server, ResPerf systematically increases the query rate and monitors the response rate.  For more information about caching name server performance measurement, please see the whitepaper, How to Measure the Performance of a Caching DNS Server, in our Info Center.

The third tool, DHCPerf, measures the DHCP lease assignments to client computers by ramping up lease assignment over time to determine the maximum performance profile.

DNSPerf and ResPerf Downloads

dnsperf and resperf 1.0.1.0 - source distribution

dnsperf and resperf 1.0.1.0 - Red Hat Linux 4 (i386)

dnsperf and resperf 1.0.1.0 - Red Hat Linux 5 (i386)

dnsperf and resperf 1.0.1.0 -Solaris 10 (Sparc)

dnsperf and resperf 1.0.1.0 - Solaris 10 (i386)

Sample query data file for use with resperf

DHCPerf Downloads

dhcperf 1.0.1.0 - FreeBSD 5.4

dhcperf 1.0.1.0 - Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server ES3 (x86)

dhcperf 1.0.1.0 - Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server EL4 (x86)

dhcperf 1.0.1.0 - Solaris 9 (SPARC)

dhcperf 1.0.1.0 - Solaris 10 (SPARC)

dhcperf 1.0.1.0 - Solaris 10 (x86)