On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 19:20 -0500, Jon Nelson wrote: > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 7:01 PM, Richard Scobie <richard@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Keld Jørn Simonsen wrote: > > > >> I would actually welcome more tests with specific user profiles, like > >> many small reads and writes for database use, and concurrent random > >> reading and writing to simulate the load on a server. What bonnie++ is > >> reporting is only equential IO. This is important on work stations, but > >> actually not on servers. > > > > The following is from the Bonnie++ man page: > > > > "There are two sections to the program's operations. The first is to > > test the IO throughput in a fashion that is designed to simulate some > > types of database applications. The second is to test creation, reading and > > deleting many small files in a fashion similar to the usage patterns of > > programs such as Squid or INN." > > > > So I guess the author thinks it's valid for more than sequential I/O. > > > > In any case, while we may be in a minority, Justin, I and a few others are > > interested in sequential I/O, as we build servers required to read and write > > multiple streams of uncompressed SD and HD video in realtime. > > In that case, the 'fstest' program (google for it, it's associated > with the samba folks IIRC), might be just the ticket. Since I was digging around, the link for future readers; http://www.samba.org/ftp/unpacked/junkcode/fstest.c
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