Jens, at https://bitbucket.org/vincentfu/fio-steadystate/commits/all is a repo where I have committed patches to fio's steady-state branch that address the following TODO items: steadystate data is now transmitted over the wire in client/server mode steadystate summary data is included with --output-format=normal example steadystate job file added man page updated Please let me know what feedback you have. With respect to client/server mode, I successfully tested the job file below on x86-64 hardware using the following server platforms with each of the listed client operating systems: servers: Ubuntu 64-bit, Ubuntu 32-bit, OSX 10.11 clients: Ubuntu 64-bit, Ubuntu 32-bit, OSX 10.11, Windows 8.1 x64 Vincent [iops_slope] filename=/dev/zero time_based=1 runtime=300s size=8M ss=iops_slope:0.5% ss_dur=5 ss_ramp=2 numjobs=4 group_reporting [bw_dev] stonewall filename=/dev/zero time_based=1 runtime=300s size=8M ss=bw:4% ss_dur=5 ss_ramp=2 numjobs=2 -- Vincent Fu Software Dev Engr II SanDisk, a Western Digital brand Email: Vincent.Fu@xxxxxxxxxxx Office: 801 987 7079 PLEASE NOTE: The information contained in this electronic mail message is intended only for the use of the designated recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this message in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender by telephone or e-mail (as shown above) immediately and destroy any and all copies of this message in your possession (whether hard copies or electronically stored copies). -- 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