bonnie(1) - Linux man page

Name

Bonnie - File system benchmark

Synopsis

Bonnie [-d scratch-dir] [-html] [-m machine-label] [-s size-in-MiB] [-v nor-of-volumes] [-S no-of-seeks] [-p no-of-seekers] [-y] [-u] [-o_direct] [-Y blkdev]

Options

-d scratch-dir : Write scratch file in named directory (default: ".") -html : Generate HTML output -m machine-label : use <machine-label> to label report -s size-in-MiB : how many MiB to use for testing (default: 100) -v no-of-volumes : how many test files (volumes) to use -S no-of-seeks : how many seeks should be done -p no-of-seekers : how many processes should be spawned for seeking -y : fsync() after each operation -o_direct : bypass kernel pagecache by using O_DIRECT -Y blkdev : flush buffer cache after each test

Description

Bonnie measures the performance of UNIX filesystem operations. For details, see http://www.textuality.com/bonnie/

Author

Bonnie was written by Tim Bray, (tbray@textuality.com), Bonnie is copyrighted 1990-1996 by Tim Bray. For details, see http://www.textuality.com/bonnie/copyright.html