X-Git-Url: https://git.kernel.dk/?p=fio.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=HOWTO;h=227bc5133866e0e64bcf408e4ec5e01695e367d9;hp=8025cf513273a1cc4d9656170d19c0119f38881f;hb=33963c6c5f79b89ab93b570e51f68f6abb77c128;hpb=71bfa161f13b6fca98ba215ebebbcb5c99003d24 diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO index 8025cf51..227bc513 100644 --- a/HOWTO +++ b/HOWTO @@ -369,15 +369,18 @@ zoneskip=siint Skip the specified number of bytes when zonesize data has been read. The two zone options can be used to only do io on zones of a file. -write_iolog=str Write the issued io patterns to the specified file. See iolog. +write_iolog=str Write the issued io patterns to the specified file. See + read_iolog. -iolog=str Open an iolog with the specified file name and replay the +read_iolog=str Open an iolog with the specified file name and replay the io patterns it contains. This can be used to store a workload and replay it sometime later. write_bw_log If given, write a bandwidth log of the jobs in this job file. Can be used to store data of the bandwidth of the - jobs in their lifetime. + jobs in their lifetime. The included fio_generate_plots + script uses gnuplot to turn these text files into nice + graphs. write_lat_log Same as write_bw_log, except that this option stores io completion latencies instead.