Hello Guy , On Sun, 20 Jul 2008, Guy Watkins wrote:
} -----Original Message----- } From: linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-raid- } owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mr. James W. Laferriere } Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 1:37 AM } To: linux-raid maillist } Subject: bonnie++-1.03c -p option problem & ? } } Hello All , I know this isn't the proper place to pop this question } . } But it is one place where quite a few have practical experience with } bonnie++ . } When I add the -p option to my bonnie command line all it does is } print } the uid&gid I am using & dies . So I think I am doing something wrong } somewhere } . } If anyone has ides('s) on the matter to share please pipe up offlies } if } you desire (I'll compile the result & post) or on list everyone could } interested } I guess ;-) . } Tia , JimL } } # bonniemd3() { time /root/bonnie++-1.03c/bonnie++ -u0:0 -d /md3 -x 15 - } s 262144 -f -p 4 ; } } # bonniemd3 > 131072MB-bonnie++-run-md3-xfs-15runs.log-`date } "+%Y%m%d%H%M"`-`uname -r` 2>&1 } # cat 131072MB-bonnie++-run-md3-xfs-15runs.log-200807190513-2.6.26-rc9 } Using uid:0, gid:0. } } real 0m0.012s } user 0m0.000s } sys 0m0.000s } # } } -- } +------------------------------------------------------------------+ } | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | } | Network&System Engineer | 2133 McCullam Ave | Give me Linux | } | babydr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | Fairbanks, AK. 99701 | only on AXP | } +------------------------------------------------------------------+ If you want to run 5 copies of bonnie++ at the same time you do this: bonnie++ -u 0:0 -p 5 # how many to start, a Semaphore is created bonnie++ -u 0:0 -y& bonnie++ -u 0:0 -y& bonnie++ -u 0:0 -y& bonnie++ -u 0:0 -y& bonnie++ -u 0:0 -y& # This one is the 5th, so all 5 can now start Just an example. Use -u how you want. Hope this helps. Guy
Your example helped me out a bunch . I now have 5 bonnie++ processes running 15 passes each . I hope that with multiple processes I can begin to tax the sub-systems (ie: scsi, disk, md, ...) and see if the aggregate thruput is at or near the advertised thruput(s) .
Tnx , JimL -- +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | | Network&System Engineer | 2133 McCullam Ave | Give me Linux | | babydr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | Fairbanks, AK. 99701 | only on AXP | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
