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 [unixbench](https://github.com/kdlucas/byte-unixbench) - the original BYTE UNIX benchmark suite, provide a basic indicator of the performance of a Unix-like system.
 [wrk](https://github.com/wg/wrk) - HTTP benchmark.
 
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 ##### Performance monitoring tool - sar
 ```bash
 # installation
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 # Vary: Accept-Encoding
 ```
 
+##### Perform network throughput tests
+```bash
+# server side:
+$ sudo iperf -s -p 80
+
+# client side:
+iperf -c <server IP address> --parallel 2 -i 1 -t 2 -p 80
+```
+
 ## Data wrangling
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