sudo pip install psutil

sudo pip install unittest2

(To install pip on Ubuntu 14.04: sudo apt-get install python-pip python-dev build-essential)

To start the server at port 9000:

python server.py 9000

The server writes the results to the bench.log file in the current directory.

To start a client for 11 seconds connecting to localhost:9000 and using "foo" as part of the id:

python client.py localhost 9000 11 --label foo

Note, the client writes to /tmp/bench by default.

Client usage:

usage: client.py [-h] [--label LABEL] [--chunk CHUNK] [--size SIZE] server port duration

positional arguments:
  server         Server IP or name
  port           Server port
  duration       Duration in seconds (must be > 1)
  

optional arguments:
  -h, --help     show this help message and exit
  --label LABEL  Label for this client
  --chunk CHUNK  Chunk size in MB (default: 10 MB)
  --size SIZE    File size in MB (default: 4 times the chunk size)
  --out dir      Target directory (/tmp if omitted)   

python client_tests.py

python server_tests.py