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NFStest
Summary
Provides a set of tools for testing either the NFS client or the NFS server, most of the functionality is focused mainly on testing the client.
Owner
- Name: Steve Dickson
- Email: steved@redhat.com
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 19
- Last updated: 27 November 2012
- Percentage of completion: 100%
Detailed Description
NFStest provides a set of tools for testing either the NFS client or the NFS server, including the framework for developing more tests. These tools include the following:
- Process command line arguments
- Provide functionality for PASS/FAIL
- Provide test grouping functionality
- Provide multiple client support
- Logging mechanism
- Debug info control
- Mount/Unmount control
- Create files/directories
- Provide mechanism to start a packet trace
- Provide mechanism to simulate a network partition
- Support for pNFS testing
- Provide mechanism to automate packet trace inspection
Benefit to Fedora
the inclusion of nfstest benefits Fedora by providing customers with a tool to test NFS functionality and a development platform for creating new NFS tests. It is our hope this will increase adoption of NFSv4 and pNFS.