diff --git a/sample-benchmark-project.gns3 b/sample-benchmark-project.gns3
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diff --git a/sample-run-benchmarks.sh b/sample-run-benchmarks.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd48762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample-run-benchmarks.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+BENCHMARK_SCRIPT="/home/gns3/gns3-bench/gns3-bench.py"
+MAX_RUNS=10
+TOPO_NAME="bench1"
+USERNAME="admin"
+PASSWORD="$1"
+TIMEOUT=5
+
+function bench_run {
+ for run in `seq 1 $1` ; do
+ echo -e "\e[33mbechmark run: $run\e[39m"
+ until $BENCHMARK_SCRIPT $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 ; do
+ echo -e "\e[31mrun failed... retrying run: $run...\e[39m"
+ done
+ echo -e "\e[32mrun: $run finished\e[39m"
+ time top -b -n 1 | head -10
+ done
+}
+
+for number_of_concurrent_sims in `seq 1 7`; do
+ echo -e "\e[35mstarting bechmark with number_of_concurrent_sims: $number_of_concurrent_sims ($MAX_RUNS runs)\e[39m"
+ bench_run $MAX_RUNS $TOPO_NAME $number_of_concurrent_sims $USERNAME $PASSWORD $TIMEOUT
+done
+
+#bench_run 10 bench1 1 admin PASSWORD 5
+#bench_run 10 bench1 2 admin PASSWORD 5
+#bench_run 10 bench1 3 admin PASSWORD 5
diff --git a/start-bench.sh b/start-bench.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c7fdc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/start-bench.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# usage: start-bench.sh
+screen -dmS bench1 -L "/home/gns3/gns3-bench/sample-start-bench.sh" $1