Scott,
> FIO with profiles such as the below samples are easy to set up, and they can
> be mix/matched to test what happens with mixed read/write seq/rand -- with
> surprising and useful tuning results. Forcing a cache flush or sync before
> or after a run is trivial. Changing to asynchronous I/O, direct I/O, or
> other forms is trivial. The output result formatting is very useful as
> well.
FIO? Link?
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Josh Berkus
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