[OpenAFS-win32-devel] Windows User Simulation Tool

[Mickey Lane]

Are there any notes on this? What it does? How to use it?

Also - I don't see anything that looks like GUI code in or around the =
src/WINNT/tests area.

Thanks,
Mickey.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeffrey Altman [mailto:jaltman@secure-endpoints.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 5:31 PM
> To: Mickey Lane
> Cc: openafs-win32-devel@openafs.org
> Subject: Re: [OpenAFS-win32-devel] Windows User Simulation Tool
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> Mickey:
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> There already is a tool in the OpenAFS source tree.
> Its src/WINNT/tests/wintorture.  Its a script driven engine that
> executes multiple processes with multiple threads each.
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> It has a gui.   I would prefer you work on that than creating
> something new.
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> Jeffrey Altman
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> Mickey Lane wrote:
> > I have a test tool that I=E2=80=99ve been using for a while that =
simulates
> user
> > activity using the OpenAFS client.
> >
> >
> >
> > It has been on my list of things to do to share it with the =
community
> > for some time but before doing so, I=E2=80=99d like to hear what, if
> anything,
> > the community might like to see in such a tool.
> >
> >
> >
> > At the moment, it=E2=80=99s a Visual Studio 2005 project. The GUI is =
a dialog
> > box with buttons and a activity log window. It=E2=80=99s not very
> complicated.
> >
> >
> >
> > It uses a (or several, selectable) test config files to specify
> target
> > directories and then launches N threads to write/read/verify random
> data
> > to the targets specified in the config files. The threads all run
> with
> > different activity intervals so over time, you have periods of =
either
> > nothing happening or everything happening all at once. It=E2=80=99s =
built to
> > support various types of activity threads but at the moment, =
there=E2=80=99s
> > only one implemented.
> >
> >
> >
> > It works well enough for my purposes but I=E2=80=99d need to =
=E2=80=98finish=E2=80=99 the
> user
> > interface a bit for general usage. And document it. That=E2=80=99d =
be pretty
> > easy really. (And kinda fun.)
> >
> >
> >
> > If there is interest, I=E2=80=99ll get SNA to host a download spot =
for the
> > source zip.
> >
> >
> >
> > Comments welcome.
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mickey.
> >
> >
> >