device, \\.\PhysicalDrive1 for the second etc. Note: Windows and FreeBSD
prevent write access to areas of the disk containing in-use data
(e.g. filesystems). If the wanted filename does need to include a colon, then
-escape that with a '\' character. For instance, if the filename is
-"/dev/dsk/foo@3,0:c", then you would use filename="/dev/dsk/foo@3,0\:c".
+escape that with a '\\' character. For instance, if the filename is
+"/dev/dsk/foo@3,0:c", then you would use filename="/dev/dsk/foo@3,0\\:c".
.TP
.BI filename_format \fR=\fPstr
If sharing multiple files between jobs, it is usually necessary to have
divided between the available files for the job. If not set, fio will use the
full size of the given files or devices. If the files do not exist, size
must be given. It is also possible to give size as a percentage between 1 and
-100. If size=20% is given, fio will use 20% of the full size of the given files
-or devices.
+100. If size=20% is given, fio will use 20% of the full size of the given
+files or devices.
+.TP
+.BI io_limit \fR=\fPint
+Normally fio operates within the region set by \fBsize\fR, which means that
+the \fBsize\fR option sets both the region and size of IO to be performed.
+Sometimes that is not what you want. With this option, it is possible to
+define just the amount of IO that fio should do. For instance, if \fBsize\fR
+is set to 20G and \fBio_limit\fR is set to 5G, fio will perform IO within
+the first 20G but exit when 5G have been done.
.TP
.BI fill_device \fR=\fPbool "\fR,\fB fill_fs" \fR=\fPbool
Sets size to something really large and waits for ENOSPC (no space left on
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.
+.TP
+.B gfapi
+Using Glusterfs libgfapi sync interface to direct access to Glusterfs volumes without
+having to go through FUSE. This ioengine defines engine specific
+options.
+.TP
+.B gfapi_async
+Using Glusterfs libgfapi async interface to direct access to Glusterfs volumes without
+having to go through FUSE. This ioengine defines engine specific
+options.
.RE
.P
.RE
over the specified period of time, reducing the resolution of the log.
Defaults to 0.
.TP
+.BI log_offset \fR=\fPbool
+If this is set, the iolog options will include the byte offset for the IO
+entry as well as the other data values.
+.TP
+.BI log_compression \fR=\fPint
+If this is set, fio will compress the IO logs as it goes, to keep the memory
+footprint lower. When a log reaches the specified size, that chunk is removed
+and compressed in the background. Given that IO logs are fairly highly
+compressible, this yields a nice memory savings for longer runs. The downside
+is that the compression will consume some background CPU cycles, so it may
+impact the run. This, however, is also true if the logging ends up consuming
+most of the system memory. So pick your poison. The IO logs are saved
+normally at the end of a run, by decompressing the chunks and storing them
+in the specified log file. This feature depends on the availability of zlib.
+.TP
+.BI log_store_compressed \fR=\fPbool
+If set, and \fBlog\fR_compression is also set, fio will store the log files in
+a compressed format. They can be decompressed with fio, using the
+\fB\-\-inflate-log\fR command line parameter. The files will be stored with a
+\fB\.fz\fR suffix.
+.TP
.BI disable_lat \fR=\fPbool
Disable measurements of total latency numbers. Useful only for cutting
back the number of calls to \fBgettimeofday\fR\|(2), as that does impact performance at
.BI ioscheduler \fR=\fPstr
Attempt to switch the device hosting the file to the specified I/O scheduler.
.TP
-.BI cpuload \fR=\fPint
-If the job is a CPU cycle-eater, attempt to use the specified percentage of
-CPU cycles.
-.TP
-.BI cpuchunks \fR=\fPint
-If the job is a CPU cycle-eater, split the load into cycles of the
-given time in milliseconds.
-.TP
.BI disk_util \fR=\fPbool
Generate disk utilization statistics if the platform supports it. Default: true.
.TP
.BI (cpu)cpuchunks \fR=\fPint
Split the load into cycles of the given time. In microseconds.
.TP
+.BI (cpu)exit_on_io_done \fR=\fPbool
+Detect when IO threads are done, then exit.
+.TP
.BI (libaio)userspace_reap
Normally, with the libaio engine in use, fio will use
the io_getevents system call to reap newly returned events.