Hi , Please let me know if this is not a right place to ask this question. This is the first time I use mail list. Problem summary: The IOPS is very unstable since I changed the number of jobs from 2 to 4. even I changed it back, the IOPS performance also can't return back. # cat 1.fio [global] rw=randread size=128m [job1] [job2] when I run fio 1.fio, the iops is around 31k. and then I add the following 2 entries: [job3] [job4] The IOPS dropped to around 1k. Even I remove these 2 jobs, the IOPS still be around 1k. Only if I removed all the jobn.n.0 files, and re-run with 2 jobs setting, the IOPS can be 31k again. My Env: # fio --version fio-2.1.4 # cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.3 (Santiago) # cat /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler // I tried both cfq/deadline, no difference noop anticipatory [deadline] cfq # bash blkinfo.sh /dev/sda Vendor : LSI Model : MR9260-8i Nr_request : 128 rotational : 1 Thank you very much for your time zhifan��.n��������+%������w��{.n�������^n�r������&��z�ޗ�zf���h���~����������_��+v���)ߣ�