On 2011-01-02 05:12, Spelic wrote: > Dear fio developers, > > Thanks for the very good application, but may I suggest that the size= > option controls only the size of the files used for the test (in > particular random r/w tests), while there should be another option > totaltransfer= which controls how long is the test? And/or a walltime= > option to make the test length time based... even better! > > Currently we either are hit by short seeks (size= small) or have to > wait for impossibly long tests uselessly (size= large). What about just adding a runtime= setting to shorten the run? Use the full size, but put a cap on runtime. -- Jens Axboe -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe fio" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html