.TP
.B sequential
Do each file in the set sequentially.
+.TP
+.B zipf
+Use a zipfian distribution to decide what file to access.
+.TP
+.B pareto
+Use a pareto distribution to decide what file to access.
+.TP
+.B gauss
+Use a gaussian (normal) distribution to decide what file to access.
.RE
.P
-The number of I/Os to issue before switching to a new file can be specified by
-appending `:\fIint\fR' to the service type.
+For \fBrandom\fR, \fBroundrobin\fR, and \fBsequential\fR, a postfix can be
+appended to tell fio how many I/Os to issue before switching to a new file.
+For example, specifying \fBfile_service_type=random:8\fR would cause fio to
+issue \fI8\fR I/Os before selecting a new file at random. For the non-uniform
+distributions, a floating point postfix can be given to influence how the
+distribution is skewed. See \fBrandom_distribution\fR for a description of how
+that would work.
.RE
.TP
.BI ioengine \fR=\fPstr
to finish.
.TP
.BI bwavgtime \fR=\fPint
-Average bandwidth calculations over the given time in milliseconds. Default:
-500ms.
+Average bandwidth calculations over the given time in milliseconds. If the job
+also does bandwidth logging through \fBwrite_bw_log\fR, then the minimum of
+this option and \fBlog_avg_msec\fR will be used. Default: 500ms.
.TP
.BI iopsavgtime \fR=\fPint
-Average IOPS calculations over the given time in milliseconds. Default:
-500ms.
+Average IOPS calculations over the given time in milliseconds. If the job
+also does IOPS logging through \fBwrite_iops_log\fR, then the minimum of
+this option and \fBlog_avg_msec\fR will be used. Default: 500ms.
.TP
.BI create_serialize \fR=\fPbool
If true, serialize file creation for the jobs. Default: true.