fio: allow 0 as compress percentage

[fio.git] / fio.1

diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index 82d05b77b7319cc87216b1a84a23b34f067fa618..4377052ff61ae88224f4668304c7f8a6de4874b6 100644 (file)
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ Generate per-job bandwidth logs.
 .B \-\-minimal
 Print statistics in a terse, semicolon-delimited format.
 .TP
 .B \-\-minimal
 Print statistics in a terse, semicolon-delimited format.
 .TP

+.B \-\-append-terse
+Print statistics in selected mode AND terse, semicolon-delimited format.
+.TP

 .B \-\-version
 Display version information and exit.
 .TP
 .B \-\-version
 Display version information and exit.
 .TP


@@ -41,6 +44,14 @@ Set terse version output format (Current version 3, or older version 2).
 .B \-\-help
 Display usage information and exit.
 .TP
 .B \-\-help
 Display usage information and exit.
 .TP

+.B \-\-cpuclock-test
+Perform test and validation of internal CPU clock
+.TP
+.BI \-\-crctest[\fR=\fPtest]
+Test the speed of the builtin checksumming functions. If no argument is given,
+all of them are tested. Or a comma separated list can be passed, in which
+case the given ones are tested.
+.TP

 .BI \-\-cmdhelp \fR=\fPcommand
 Print help information for \fIcommand\fR.  May be `all' for all commands.
 .TP
 .BI \-\-cmdhelp \fR=\fPcommand
 Print help information for \fIcommand\fR.  May be `all' for all commands.
 .TP


@@ -113,12 +124,16 @@ String: a sequence of alphanumeric characters.
 SI integer: a whole number, possibly containing a suffix denoting the base unit
 of the value.  Accepted suffixes are `k', 'M', 'G', 'T', and 'P', denoting
 kilo (1024), mega (1024^2), giga (1024^3), tera (1024^4), and peta (1024^5)
 SI integer: a whole number, possibly containing a suffix denoting the base unit
 of the value.  Accepted suffixes are `k', 'M', 'G', 'T', and 'P', denoting
 kilo (1024), mega (1024^2), giga (1024^3), tera (1024^4), and peta (1024^5)

-respectively. The suffix is not case sensitive. If prefixed with '0x', the
-value is assumed to be base 16 (hexadecimal). A suffix may include a trailing 'b',
-for instance 'kb' is identical to 'k'. You can specify a base 10 value
-by using 'KiB', 'MiB', 'GiB', etc. This is useful for disk drives where
-values are often given in base 10 values. Specifying '30GiB' will get you
-30*1000^3 bytes.
+respectively. If prefixed with '0x', the value is assumed to be base 16
+(hexadecimal). A suffix may include a trailing 'b', for instance 'kb' is
+identical to 'k'. You can specify a base 10 value by using 'KiB', 'MiB','GiB',
+etc. This is useful for disk drives where values are often given in base 10
+values. Specifying '30GiB' will get you 30*1000^3 bytes.
+When specifying times the default suffix meaning changes, still denoting the
+base unit of the value, but accepted suffixes are 'D' (days), 'H' (hours), 'M'
+(minutes), 'S' Seconds, 'ms' milli seconds. Time values without a unit specify
+seconds.
+The suffixes are not case sensitive.

 .TP
 .I bool
 Boolean: a true or false value. `0' denotes false, `1' denotes true.
 .TP
 .I bool
 Boolean: a true or false value. `0' denotes false, `1' denotes true.


@@ -146,6 +161,12 @@ otherwise has no special purpose.
 .BI directory \fR=\fPstr
 Prefix filenames with this directory.  Used to place files in a location other
 than `./'.
 .BI directory \fR=\fPstr
 Prefix filenames with this directory.  Used to place files in a location other
 than `./'.

+You can specify a number of directories by separating the names with a ':'
+character. These directories will be assigned equally distributed to job clones
+creates with \fInumjobs\fR as long as they are using generated filenames.
+If specific \fIfilename(s)\fR are set fio will use the first listed directory,
+and thereby matching the  \fIfilename\fR semantic which generates a file each
+clone if not specified, but let all clones use the same if set.

 .TP
 .BI filename \fR=\fPstr
 .B fio
 .TP
 .BI filename \fR=\fPstr
 .B fio


@@ -285,8 +306,12 @@ read, write, and trim are accounted and reported separately. If this option is
 set, the fio will sum the results and report them as "mixed" instead.
 .TP
 .BI randrepeat \fR=\fPbool
 set, the fio will sum the results and report them as "mixed" instead.
 .TP
 .BI randrepeat \fR=\fPbool

-Seed the random number generator in a predictable way so results are repeatable
-across runs.  Default: true.
+Seed the random number generator used for random I/O patterns in a predictable
+way so the pattern is repeatable across runs.  Default: true.
+.TP
+.BI allrandrepeat \fR=\fPbool
+Seed all random number generators in a predictable way so results are
+repeatable across runs.  Default: false.

 .TP
 .BI randseed \fR=\fPint
 Seed the random number generators based on this seed value, to be able to
 .TP
 .BI randseed \fR=\fPint
 Seed the random number generators based on this seed value, to be able to


@@ -549,6 +574,11 @@ transfer as fio ioengine
 .B e4defrag
 IO engine that does regular EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT ioctls to simulate defragment activity
 request to DDIR_WRITE event
 .B e4defrag
 IO engine that does regular EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT ioctls to simulate defragment activity
 request to DDIR_WRITE event

+.TP
+.B rbd
+IO engine supporting direct access to Ceph Rados Block Devices (RBD) via librbd 
+without the need to use the kernel rbd driver. This ioengine defines engine specific 
+options.

 .RE
 .P
 .RE
 .RE
 .P
 .RE


@@ -825,8 +855,12 @@ needed to be specified. For \fBprefer\fR, only one node is
 allowed. For \fBbind\fR and \fBinterleave\fR, \fBnodelist\fR allows
 comma delimited list of numbers, A-B ranges, or 'all'.
 .TP
 allowed. For \fBbind\fR and \fBinterleave\fR, \fBnodelist\fR allows
 comma delimited list of numbers, A-B ranges, or 'all'.
 .TP

-.BI startdelay \fR=\fPint
-Delay start of job for the specified number of seconds.
+.BI startdelay \fR=\fPirange
+Delay start of job for the specified number of seconds. Supports all time
+suffixes to allow specification of hours, minutes, seconds and
+milliseconds - seconds are the default if a unit is ommited.
+Can be given as a range which causes each thread to choose randomly out of the
+range.

 .TP
 .BI runtime \fR=\fPint
 Terminate processing after the specified number of seconds.
 .TP
 .BI runtime \fR=\fPint
 Terminate processing after the specified number of seconds.


@@ -934,6 +968,13 @@ Unlink job files when done.  Default: false.
 Specifies the number of iterations (runs of the same workload) of this job.
 Default: 1.
 .TP
 Specifies the number of iterations (runs of the same workload) of this job.
 Default: 1.
 .TP

+.BI verify_only \fR=\fPbool
+Do not perform the specified workload, only verify data still matches previous
+invocation of this workload. This option allows one to check data multiple
+times at a later date without overwriting it. This option makes sense only for
+workloads that write data, and does not support workloads with the
+\fBtime_based\fR option set.
+.TP

 .BI do_verify \fR=\fPbool
 Run the verify phase after a write phase.  Only valid if \fBverify\fR is set.
 Default: true.
 .BI do_verify \fR=\fPbool
 Run the verify phase after a write phase.  Only valid if \fBverify\fR is set.
 Default: true.


@@ -1333,9 +1374,15 @@ The network protocol to use. Accepted values are:
 .B tcp
 Transmission control protocol
 .TP
 .B tcp
 Transmission control protocol
 .TP

+.B tcpv6
+Transmission control protocol V6
+.TP

 .B udp
 User datagram protocol
 .TP
 .B udp
 User datagram protocol
 .TP

+.B udpv6
+User datagram protocol V6
+.TP

 .B unix
 UNIX domain socket
 .RE
 .B unix
 UNIX domain socket
 .RE


@@ -1373,6 +1420,15 @@ Preallocate donor's file on init
 .BI 1:
 allocate space immediately inside defragment event, and free right after event
 .RE
 .BI 1:
 allocate space immediately inside defragment event, and free right after event
 .RE

+.TP
+.BI (rbd)rbdname \fR=\fPstr
+Specifies the name of the RBD.
+.TP
+.BI (rbd)pool \fR=\fPstr
+Specifies the name of the Ceph pool containing the RBD.
+.TP
+.BI (rbd)clientname \fR=\fPstr
+Specifies the username (without the 'client.' prefix) used to access the Ceph cluster.

 .SH OUTPUT
 While running, \fBfio\fR will display the status of the created jobs.  For
 example:
 .SH OUTPUT
 While running, \fBfio\fR will display the status of the created jobs.  For
 example:


@@ -1525,9 +1581,10 @@ It is also possible to get fio to dump the current output while it is
 running, without terminating the job. To do that, send fio the \fBUSR1\fR
 signal.
 .SH TERSE OUTPUT
 running, without terminating the job. To do that, send fio the \fBUSR1\fR
 signal.
 .SH TERSE OUTPUT

-If the \fB\-\-minimal\fR option is given, the results will be printed in a
-semicolon-delimited format suitable for scripted use - a job description
-(if provided) follows on a new line.  Note that the first
+If the \fB\-\-minimal\fR / \fB\-\-append-terse\fR options are given, the
+results will be printed/appended in a semicolon-delimited format suitable for
+scripted use.
+A job description (if provided) follows on a new line.  Note that the first

 number in the line is the version number. If the output has to be changed
 for some reason, this number will be incremented by 1 to signify that
 change.  The fields are:
 number in the line is the version number. If the output has to be changed
 for some reason, this number will be incremented by 1 to signify that
 change.  The fields are: