Fio 1.99.9

[fio.git] / HOWTO

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index a0d244bc6daf3d92f8c4786f27a055761ae59906..ef8f9599942bd08e63a96c8f32a24c6f176892e7 100644 (file)
--- a/HOWTO
+++ b/HOWTO
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ signify that change.
 
 Split up, the format is as follows:
 
-       version, jobname, groupid, error
+       terse version, fio version, jobname, groupid, error
        READ status:
                Total IO (KB), bandwidth (KB/sec), IOPS, runtime (msec)
                Submission latency: min, max, mean, deviation
@@ -1379,6 +1379,10 @@ Split up, the format is as follows:
        IO depths: <=1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, >=64
        IO latencies microseconds: <=2, 4, 10, 20, 50, 100, 250, 500, 750, 1000
        IO latencies milliseconds: <=2, 4, 10, 20, 50, 100, 250, 500, 750, 1000, 2000, >=2000
+       Disk utilization: Disk name, Read ios, write ios,
+                         Read merges, write merges,
+                         Read ticks, write ticks,
+                         Time spent in queue, disk utilization percentage
        Additional Info (dependant on continue_on_error, default off): total # errors, first error code 
        
        Additional Info (dependant on description being set): Text description
@@ -1390,6 +1394,9 @@ for the terse output fio writes all of them. Each field will look like this:
 
 which is the Xth percentile, and the usec latency associated with it.
 
+For disk utilization, all disks used by fio are shown. So for each disk
+there will be a disk utilization section.
+
 
 8.0 Trace file format
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