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/usr/bin/memStress

Memory allocation stress tool for chaos engineering (FIPS)

From memstress-fips 0.3.1-r10 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running memStress --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage of /usr/bin/memStress:
  -client
    	the process runs as a client
  -size string
    	size of memory you want to allocate (default "0KB")
  -time string
    	time to reach the size of memory you allocated (default "0s")
  -workers int
    	number of workers allocating memory (default 1)
Options (4)
OptionDescriptionSource
-clientthe process runs as a clienthelp
-size stringsize of memory you want to allocate (default "0KB")help
-time stringtime to reach the size of memory you allocated (default "0s")help
-workers intnumber of workers allocating memory (default 1)help

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.