What is ftpbenchmark?

It's benchmark for load testing FTP servers.

Feature

• login benchmark
• upload benchmark (STOR command)
• download benchmark (RETR command)
• run test for multiple servers
• auto-detection for dns round-robin records
• save result to cvs file

Requires

• gevent (http://www.gevent.org/)
• dnspython (http://www.dnspython.org/)
• Timecard (https://github.com/selectel/timecard)

Installation

Simple from pypi:

$ pip install ftpbenchmark

From source:

$ git clone https://github.com/imjoseangel/ftpbenchmark
$ cd ftpbenchmark/
$ python setup.py install  # auto install all requires

Standalone for debian:

$ apt-get install python-gevent python-dnspython
$ git clone https://github.com/imjoseangel/ftpbenchmark
$ cd ftpbenchmark/ftpbenchmark/
$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/selectel/timecard/master/timecard/timecard.py
$ python ftpbenchmark.py --help

Usage

Run:

$ ftpbenchmark --help

FTP benchmark.

Usage:
    ftpbenchmark --help
    ftpbenchmark -n <host> -u <user> -p <password> [options] --login
    ftpbenchmark -n <host> -u <user> -p <password> [options] --upload -w <workdir> [-s <size>]
    ftpbenchmark -n <host> -u <user> -p <password> [options] --download -w <workdir> [-s <size>] [--files <count>]

Connection options:
    -n <host>, --host=<host>              FTP host [default: 127.0.0.1:21]
                                          You can list multiple servers, separated by commas,
                                          e.g.: -h 10.0.0.1,10.0.0.2,10.0.0.3.
                                          Auto-detection of dns round-robin records is supported.
    -u <user>, --user <user>              FTP user
    -p <password>, --password <password>  FTP password

Timing options:
    -t <sec>, --timeout <sec>             Timeout for operation [default: 10]
    -m <minutes>, --maxrun <minutes>      Duration of benchmarking in minutes [default: 5]
    -x <sec>, --fixevery <sec>            Recording period for stat values [default: 5]

Benchmark options:
    -c <count>, --concurrent <count>      Concurrent operations [default: 10]
    -v <file>, --csv <file>               Save result to csv file
    -w <workdir>, --workdir <workdir>     Base ftp dir to store test files
    -s <size>, --size <size>              Size of test files in MB [default: 10]
    -f <count>, --files <count>           Number of files generated for download test [default: 10]