Bonnie

Bonnie++ is a benchmark suite that is aimed at performing a number of simple tests of hard drive and file system performance. Then you can decide which test is important and decide how to compare different systems after running it. I have no plans to ever have it produce a single number,... Platforms: *nix

Paloma is a program to manage a database of digital music files and facilitate their retrieval and playback in interesting ways. It works with music files of any form--mp3 files, ogg files, MIDI files, whatever youve got a player for--and file formats can be freely intermixed. Its intended to... Platforms: *nix

A simple test of random read performance from a disk or file. This is at about the level of sophistication of 'Bonnie.' Platforms: Mac, BSD

"Nomatic*IM will provide a service that supports the convenient, and appropriate broadcasting of presence through instant messaging clients. It will provide the flexibility to support multiple IM protocols, IM clients, and operating systems." What's new in this version: New features and... Platforms: Mac

XHDBench is a Qt-based X-program for testing the output speed of several devices (hard disks, CD-ROMs, floppy drives) and the interaction between them. We wanted to create a graphic Linux tool similar to the Adaptec Benchmark for windows but not restricted to Adaptec managed devices. We don't... Platforms: *nix