Re: Suggestion on size= and test length

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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

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