mix of random data and a fixed pattern. The fixed pattern is either zeros,
or the pattern specified by :option:`buffer_pattern`. If the pattern option
is used, it might skew the compression ratio slightly. Note that this is per
- block size unit, for file/disk wide compression level that matches this
- setting, you'll also want to set :option:`refill_buffers`.
+ block size unit, see :option:`buffer_compress_chunk` for setting a finer
+ granularity of compression regions.
.. option:: buffer_compress_chunk=int
will provide :option:`buffer_compress_percentage` of blocksize random data,
followed by the remaining zeroed. With this set to some chunk size smaller
than the block size, fio can alternate random and zeroed data throughout the
- I/O buffer.
+ I/O buffer. This is particularly useful when bigger block sizes are used
+ for a job. Defaults to 512.
.. option:: buffer_pattern=str