App/script to simulate memory write

[ChrisD.]

Hi, I'm looking for an app or script which writes to memory pages, and if possible one which can define how much I'm writing. For example, script starts and it writes X GB/s to memory. Does such a thing exist? Preferably Ubuntu but can use most distros. Thanks!

 

[ChrisD.]

Cheers, I stumbled on Stress and I remember it from years ago so might give that a try first.

 

[ChrisD.]

Stress seems okay so far, the only thing I'd like is not to consume a whole CPU which it looks to do, but it's great for generating memory writes.

stress --vm 1 --vm-bytes 1024M --timeout 60

Will stress 1024 MB of RAM on a single thread over a minute.

 

[ChrisD.]

haha I forget I can use AI for these sorts questions!