Write output to file `filename`.
+.. option:: --output-format=type
+
+ Set the reporting format to `normal`, `terse`, `json`, or `json+`. Multiple
+ formats can be selected, separated by a comma. `terse` is a CSV based
+ format. `json+` is like `json`, except it adds a full dump of the latency
+ buckets.
+
+.. option:: --runtime
+ Limit run time to runtime seconds.
+
.. option:: --bandwidth-log
Generate aggregate bandwidth logs.
.. option:: --append-terse
Print statistics in selected mode AND terse, semicolon-delimited format.
- **deprecated**, use :option:`--output-format` instead to select multiple
+ **Deprecated**, use :option:`--output-format` instead to select multiple
formats.
-.. option:: --output-format=type
-
- Set the reporting format to `normal`, `terse`, `json`, or `json+`. Multiple
- formats can be selected, separated by a comma. `terse` is a CSV based
- format. `json+` is like `json`, except it adds a full dump of the latency
- buckets.
-
.. option:: --terse-version=type
Set terse version output format (default 3, or 2 or 4 or 5).
.. option:: --version
- Print version info and exit.
+ Print version information and exit.
.. option:: --help
.. option:: --crctest=[test]
Test the speed of the built-in checksumming functions. If no argument is
- given all of them are tested. Alternatively, a comma separated list can be passed, in
+ given, all of them are tested. Alternatively, a comma separated list can be passed, in
which case the given ones are tested.
.. option:: --cmdhelp=command
.. option:: --showcmd=jobfile
- Turn a job file into command line options.
+ Convert `jobfile` to a set of command-line options.
.. option:: --readonly
.. option:: --eta=when
- When real-time ETA estimate should be printed. May be `always`, `never` or
- `auto`.
+ Specifies when real-time ETA estimate should be printed. `when` may be
+ `always`, `never` or `auto`.
.. option:: --eta-newline=time
.. option:: --section=name
- Only run specified section in job file. Multiple sections can be specified.
+ Only run specified section `name` in job file. Multiple sections can be specified.
The ``--section`` option allows one to combine related jobs into one file.
E.g. one job file could define light, moderate, and heavy sections. Tell
fio to run only the "heavy" section by giving ``--section=heavy``
.. option:: --alloc-size=kb
- Set the internal smalloc pool to this size in KiB. The
+ Set the internal smalloc pool size to `kb` in KiB. The
``--alloc-size`` switch allows one to use a larger pool size for smalloc.
If running large jobs with randommap enabled, fio can run out of memory.
Smalloc is an internal allocator for shared structures from a fixed size
.. option:: --max-jobs=nr
- Maximum number of threads/processes to support.
+ Set the maximum number of threads/processes to support.
.. option:: --server=args
.. option:: --idle-prof=option
- Report CPU idleness. *option* is one of the following:
+ Report CPU idleness. `option` is one of the following:
**calibrate**
Run unit work calibration only and exit.
compatibility with old scripts. For example, 4k means 4096.
For quantities of data, an optional unit of 'B' may be included
- (e.g., 'kB' is the same as 'k').
+ (e.g., 'kB' is the same as 'k').
The *integer suffix* is not case sensitive (e.g., m/mi mean mebi/mega,
not milli). 'b' and 'B' both mean byte, not bit.
**pareto**
Use a *Pareto* distribution to decide what file to access.
- **gauss**
+ **normal**
Use a *Gaussian* (normal) distribution to decide what file to
access.
+ **gauss**
+ Alias for normal.
+
For *random*, *roundrobin*, and *sequential*, a postfix can be appended to
tell fio how many I/Os to issue before switching to a new file. For example,
specifying ``file_service_type=random:8`` would cause fio to issue
**none**
Do not pre-allocate space.
+ **native**
+ Use a platform's native pre-allocation call but fall back to
+ **none** behavior if it fails/is not implemented.
+
**posix**
Pre-allocate via :manpage:`posix_fallocate(3)`.
Backward-compatible alias for **posix**.
May not be available on all supported platforms. **keep** is only available
- on Linux. If using ZFS on Solaris this must be set to **none** because ZFS
- doesn't support it. Default: **posix**.
+ on Linux. If using ZFS on Solaris this cannot be set to **posix**
+ because ZFS doesn't support pre-allocation. Default: **native** if any
+ pre-allocation methods are available, **none** if not.
.. option:: fadvise_hint=str
Below is a single line containing short names for each of the fields in the
minimal output v3, separated by semicolons::
-terse_version_3;fio_version;jobname;groupid;error;read_kb;read_bandwidth;read_iops;read_runtime_ms;read_slat_min;read_slat_max;read_slat_mean;read_slat_dev;read_clat_min;read_clat_max;read_clat_mean;read_clat_dev;read_clat_pct01;read_clat_pct02;read_clat_pct03;read_clat_pct04;read_clat_pct05;read_clat_pct06;read_clat_pct07;read_clat_pct08;read_clat_pct09;read_clat_pct10;read_clat_pct11;read_clat_pct12;read_clat_pct13;read_clat_pct14;read_clat_pct15;read_clat_pct16;read_clat_pct17;read_clat_pct18;read_clat_pct19;read_clat_pct20;read_tlat_min;read_lat_max;read_lat_mean;read_lat_dev;read_bw_min;read_bw_max;read_bw_agg_pct;read_bw_mean;read_bw_dev;write_kb;write_bandwidth;write_iops;write_runtime_ms;write_slat_min;write_slat_max;write_slat_mean;write_slat_dev;write_clat_min;write_clat_max;write_clat_mean;write_clat_dev;write_clat_pct01;write_clat_pct02;write_clat_pct03;write_clat_pct04;write_clat_pct05;write_clat_pct06;write_clat_pct07;write_clat_pct08;write_clat_pct09;write_clat_pct10;write_clat_pct11;write_clat_pct12;write_clat_pct13;write_clat_pct14;write_clat_pct15;write_clat_pct16;write_clat_pct17;write_clat_pct18;write_clat_pct19;write_clat_pct20;write_tlat_min;write_lat_max;write_lat_mean;write_lat_dev;write_bw_min;write_bw_max;write_bw_agg_pct;write_bw_mean;write_bw_dev;cpu_user;cpu_sys;cpu_csw;cpu_mjf;cpu_minf;iodepth_1;iodepth_2;iodepth_4;iodepth_8;iodepth_16;iodepth_32;iodepth_64;lat_2us;lat_4us;lat_10us;lat_20us;lat_50us;lat_100us;lat_250us;lat_500us;lat_750us;lat_1000us;lat_2ms;lat_4ms;lat_10ms;lat_20ms;lat_50ms;lat_100ms;lat_250ms;lat_500ms;lat_750ms;lat_1000ms;lat_2000ms;lat_over_2000ms;disk_name;disk_read_iops;disk_write_iops;disk_read_merges;disk_write_merges;disk_read_ticks;write_ticks;disk_queue_time;disk_util
+ terse_version_3;fio_version;jobname;groupid;error;read_kb;read_bandwidth;read_iops;read_runtime_ms;read_slat_min;read_slat_max;read_slat_mean;read_slat_dev;read_clat_min;read_clat_max;read_clat_mean;read_clat_dev;read_clat_pct01;read_clat_pct02;read_clat_pct03;read_clat_pct04;read_clat_pct05;read_clat_pct06;read_clat_pct07;read_clat_pct08;read_clat_pct09;read_clat_pct10;read_clat_pct11;read_clat_pct12;read_clat_pct13;read_clat_pct14;read_clat_pct15;read_clat_pct16;read_clat_pct17;read_clat_pct18;read_clat_pct19;read_clat_pct20;read_tlat_min;read_lat_max;read_lat_mean;read_lat_dev;read_bw_min;read_bw_max;read_bw_agg_pct;read_bw_mean;read_bw_dev;write_kb;write_bandwidth;write_iops;write_runtime_ms;write_slat_min;write_slat_max;write_slat_mean;write_slat_dev;write_clat_min;write_clat_max;write_clat_mean;write_clat_dev;write_clat_pct01;write_clat_pct02;write_clat_pct03;write_clat_pct04;write_clat_pct05;write_clat_pct06;write_clat_pct07;write_clat_pct08;write_clat_pct09;write_clat_pct10;write_clat_pct11;write_clat_pct12;write_clat_pct13;write_clat_pct14;write_clat_pct15;write_clat_pct16;write_clat_pct17;write_clat_pct18;write_clat_pct19;write_clat_pct20;write_tlat_min;write_lat_max;write_lat_mean;write_lat_dev;write_bw_min;write_bw_max;write_bw_agg_pct;write_bw_mean;write_bw_dev;cpu_user;cpu_sys;cpu_csw;cpu_mjf;cpu_minf;iodepth_1;iodepth_2;iodepth_4;iodepth_8;iodepth_16;iodepth_32;iodepth_64;lat_2us;lat_4us;lat_10us;lat_20us;lat_50us;lat_100us;lat_250us;lat_500us;lat_750us;lat_1000us;lat_2ms;lat_4ms;lat_10ms;lat_20ms;lat_50ms;lat_100ms;lat_250ms;lat_500ms;lat_750ms;lat_1000ms;lat_2000ms;lat_over_2000ms;disk_name;disk_read_iops;disk_write_iops;disk_read_merges;disk_write_merges;disk_read_ticks;write_ticks;disk_queue_time;disk_util
Trace file format
maximum values in that window instead of averages. Since 'data direction' and
'offset' are per-I/O values, they aren't applicable if windowed logging is enabled.
-Client/server
+Client/Server
-------------
Normally fio is invoked as a stand-alone application on the machine where the
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