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mdbench

Simple filsystem metadata operations benchmark

Usage: mdbench [options] <PATH>
  where options are:
    -f, --files <N>      : number of generated files per directory
    -d, --dirs  <N>      : number of generated directories to generate
    -s, --size  <N>      : size of generated files in B/K/M/G
    -n, --no-clean       : do not delete created files and directories
    --no-container       : do not create the 'mdbench.<name>.<pid>' directory
    -e, --extended-checks: runs extended tests as chmod and mv
    -c, --csv-file       : export csv file with the results
    -r, --random-data    : fill files with random data
    -h, --help           : help message


  and PATH points to a directory where the test should run. Currect directory is
  used of not specified.
  
The file size can be specified in human friendly format, e.g.: 1K, 256M. 4G.

$ mdbench.py -d 1 -f 1000 -s 1 /net/dcache/exports/data
dir creates     : 6001.00μ ±  0.00μ, 166.64 op/s
file creates    : 16448.76μ ±3926.05μ,  60.79 op/s
file stats      : 373.97μ ±163.12μ, 2674.01 op/s
dir stats       : 395.00μ ±  0.00μ, 2531.65 op/s
file removes    : 1823.41μ ±1139.57μ, 548.42 op/s
dir removes     : 3556.00μ ±  0.00μ, 281.21 op/s

Alternatives

  • fio A Powerful Flexible I/O Tester.
  • smallfile A distributed workload generator for POSIX-like filesystems.
  • ior IOR and mdtest parallel I/O benchmark.

License

GNU General Public License version 2 or any later.

How to contribute

mdbench uses the linux kernel model where git is not only source repository, but also the way to track contributions and copyrights.

Each submitted patch must have a "Signed-off-by" line. Patches without this line will not be accepted.

The sign-off is a simple line at the end of the explanation for the patch, which certifies that you wrote it or otherwise have the right to pass it on as an open-source patch. The rules are pretty simple: if you can certify the below:

    Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1

    By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:

    (a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
         have the right to submit it under the open source license
         indicated in the file; or

    (b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
        of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
        license and I have the right under that license to submit that
        work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
        by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
        permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
        in the file; or

    (c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
        person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
        it.

    (d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
        are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
        personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
        maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
        this project or the open source license(s) involved.

then you just add a line saying ( git commit -s )

Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <[email protected]>

using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.)