Couple of things- If you want to test the -storage- system, use async IO with a good size queue depth. Sync will be very slow comparatively. As mentioned, all tests will run in parallel unless you stonewall them. Don't make logs that you don't really need; you probably don't need any of those. Give the HOWTO file a really close read. z! writing without full benefit of the morning coffee -- 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