On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Jon Tango <[email protected]> wrote: > > The same thing could be done by partitioning the SSD in the operating system > with the desired partition size, and then running a time-based fio job > against the partition. > > Basically, fio options offset/size should yield the same net result, but I'm > always unsure on what is the actual effect of mixing size and time_based in a > single job, and whether fio will wrap around the specified size to the > specified offset if the job is time-based. HOWTO could have used some > clarification on size/time_based interaction. > > Regards, > Andrey > > On Sep 30, 2014 11:41 AM, "Sitsofe Wheeler" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 30 September 2014 07:34, Jon Tango <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > The taskfile is this: >> >> I should have been more specific - you need to show both the _vdbench_ >> parameter file that you are comparing to in addition to showing your >> fio job file. >> >> -- >> Sitsofe |http://sucs.org/~sits/ >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe fio" in the >> body of a message [email protected] More majordomo info at >> http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe fio" in the body of > a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at > http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > I'm really wanting to avoid the filesystem, they create so much interference. > I am focusing on just testing the raw device :)
I'm not sure why a filesystem should be involved in partitioning, that happens at the raw device level. Regards, Andrey -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe fio" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
