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'''Netperf''' is a software application that provides [[network bandwidth]] testing between two hosts on a network. It supports [[Unix ___domain socket]]s, [[Transmission Control Protocol|TCP]], [[SCTP]], [[DLPI]] and UDP via BSD Sockets.<ref>{{cite conference | title=Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing | publisher=Springer | accessdate=2013-05-09 | authorauthor1=Sang-Soo Yeo, |author2=Jong Hyuk Park, |author3=Ching-Hsien Hsu, |author4=Laurence Tianruo Yang | year=2010 | conference=10th International Conference, ICA3PP | pages=372 | ISBN=9783642131189}}</ref> Netperf provides a number of predefined tests e.g. to measure bulk (unidirectional) data transfer or request response performance.

Netperf was originally developed at [[Hewlett Packard]].<ref>{{cite book | title=Troubleshooting Microsoft technologies: the ultimate administrator's repair manual | publisher=Addison-Wesley Professional | author=Wolf, Chris | year=2003 | pages=119 | isbn=9780321133458}}</ref>