On 2011-01-02 15:37, Dan Le wrote: > Hi there, > > I understand that FIO performs sequential writes of small files by > just sequentially flushing them into the file system. But for random > writes of either small or large files, how can FIO randomly write > those files into the file system? I am confused because the manual > does not clearly explain this feature. The HOWTO has an explanation on the various service types that you can use for multiple files. Did you read that one? If yes, then please expand on your question with that in mind :-) -- 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