On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 5:08 PM Matthew Eaton <m.eaton82@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 11:04 AM Jared Walton <jawalking@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Correct, I pre-condition for IOPS testing by utilizing the the last if > > block, only using randwrite. which will run random writes for about > > 45min, until a steady state is achieved. > > [...] > > I have pretty much standardized on two sequential drive writes and > four random drive writes to get to steady state. It may be overkill > but has worked well for me since we test a variety of SSDs and some > reach steady state faster than others. Thank you for all the replies and to Jared for the script, which leads me to one related question: even though it used steady state as criteria to consider drive preconditioned, am I correct to assume that steady state does not necessarily have any relationship with the steady state where I want to take the measurements when actually running the tests?
