**zoned**
Zoned random distribution
+ **zoned_abs**
+ Zone absolute random distribution
+
When using a **zipf** or **pareto** distribution, an input value is also
needed to define the access pattern. For **zipf**, this is the `Zipf
theta`. For **pareto**, it's the `Pareto power`. Fio includes a test
random_distribution=zoned:60/10:30/20:8/30:2/40
- similarly to how :option:`bssplit` works for setting ranges and percentages
- of block sizes. Like :option:`bssplit`, it's possible to specify separate
- zones for reads, writes, and trims. If just one set is given, it'll apply to
- all of them.
+ A **zoned_abs** distribution works exactly like the **zoned**, except
+ that it takes absolute sizes. For example, let's say you wanted to
+ define access according to the following criteria:
+
+ * 60% of accesses should be to the first 20G
+ * 30% of accesses should be to the next 100G
+ * 10% of accesses should be to the next 500G
+
+ we can define an absolute zoning distribution with:
+
+ random_distribution=zoned_abs=60/20G:30/100G:10/500g
+
+ For both **zoned** and **zoned_abs**, fio supports defining up to
+ 256 separate zones.
+
+ Similarly to how :option:`bssplit` works for setting ranges and
+ percentages of block sizes. Like :option:`bssplit`, it's possible to
+ specify separate zones for reads, writes, and trims. If just one set
+ is given, it'll apply to all of them. This goes for both **zoned**
+ **zoned_abs** distributions.
.. option:: percentage_random=int[,int][,int]
.. option:: bssplit=str[,str][,str]
- Sometimes you want even finer grained control of the block sizes issued, not
- just an even split between them. This option allows you to weight various
- block sizes, so that you are able to define a specific amount of block sizes
- issued. The format for this option is::
+ Sometimes you want even finer grained control of the block sizes
+ issued, not just an even split between them. This option allows you to
+ weight various block sizes, so that you are able to define a specific
+ amount of block sizes issued. The format for this option is::
bssplit=blocksize/percentage:blocksize/percentage
- for as many block sizes as needed. So if you want to define a workload that
- has 50% 64k blocks, 10% 4k blocks, and 40% 32k blocks, you would write::
+ for as many block sizes as needed. So if you want to define a workload
+ that has 50% 64k blocks, 10% 4k blocks, and 40% 32k blocks, you would
+ write::
bssplit=4k/10:64k/50:32k/40
- Ordering does not matter. If the percentage is left blank, fio will fill in
- the remaining values evenly. So a bssplit option like this one::
+ Ordering does not matter. If the percentage is left blank, fio will
+ fill in the remaining values evenly. So a bssplit option like this one::
bssplit=4k/50:1k/:32k/
- would have 50% 4k ios, and 25% 1k and 32k ios. The percentages always add up
- to 100, if bssplit is given a range that adds up to more, it will error out.
+ would have 50% 4k ios, and 25% 1k and 32k ios. The percentages always
+ add up to 100, if bssplit is given a range that adds up to more, it
+ will error out.
Comma-separated values may be specified for reads, writes, and trims as
described in :option:`blocksize`.
- If you want a workload that has 50% 2k reads and 50% 4k reads, while having
- 90% 4k writes and 10% 8k writes, you would specify::
+ If you want a workload that has 50% 2k reads and 50% 4k reads, while
+ having 90% 4k writes and 10% 8k writes, you would specify::
bssplit=2k/50:4k/50,4k/90,8k/10
+ Fio supports defining up to 64 different weights for each data
+ direction.
+
.. option:: blocksize_unaligned, bs_unaligned
If set, fio will issue I/O units with any size within
.. option:: percentile_list=float_list
- Overwrite the default list of percentiles for completion latencies and the
- block error histogram. Each number is a floating number in the range
- (0,100], and the maximum length of the list is 20. Use ``:`` to separate the
- numbers, and list the numbers in ascending order. For example,
- ``--percentile_list=99.5:99.9`` will cause fio to report the values of
- completion latency below which 99.5% and 99.9% of the observed latencies
- fell, respectively.
+ Overwrite the default list of percentiles for completion latencies and
+ the block error histogram. Each number is a floating number in the
+ range (0,100], and the maximum length of the list is 20. Use ``:`` to
+ separate the numbers, and list the numbers in ascending order. For
+ example, ``--percentile_list=99.5:99.9`` will cause fio to report the
+ values of completion latency below which 99.5% and 99.9% of the observed
+ latencies fell, respectively.
.. option:: significant_figures=int
- If using :option:`--output-format` of `normal`, set the significant figures
- to this value. Higher values will yield more precise IOPS and throughput
- units, while lower values will round. Requires a minimum value of 1 and a
- maximum value of 10. Defaults to 4.
+ If using :option:`--output-format` of `normal`, set the significant
+ figures to this value. Higher values will yield more precise IOPS and
+ throughput units, while lower values will round. Requires a minimum
+ value of 1 and a maximum value of 10. Defaults to 4.
Error handling
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