Its weird idea. Even if you try that you will only need the plugins, not the server itself (the cgi and the nagis binaries). But even with the plugins you will be able to generate a particular kid of stress. If you are interested in raw OS benchmarks use phoronix or something similar to get he metrics, if you are load testing against a certain app then use JMeter o VSTS (if you are on windows). regards ranjib <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 12:02 AM, <<a href="mailto:chris@eehmke.de">chris@eehmke.de</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> Hello, I understand that Nagios is the perfect tool to monitor a network and the state of each server. I got the task to run memory tests, cpu load tests and network tests under high load conditions (i.e. put a quadcore processor to 100% load on each core) and monitor the temperature and other parameters. Is Nagios with suitable plugins a solution? At the moment a proprietary framework is planned for this project, but it turns out that it is not extendable for custom requirements. I need some good arguments to convince my project leader. Cheers, Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. <a href="http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd" target="_blank">http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd</a> _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list <a href="mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> <a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users" target="_blank">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</a> ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null </blockquote></div>