Install

# system install
$ sudo pip3 install disk-bench

# user install
$ pip3 install --user disk-bench

Usage

$ disk-bench --help

# Default runs fio w/ --loops=3 and --size=1G
$ disk-bench /mnt/disk-to-test/whatever

# Show CSV output (for easy copy/paste into Excel or Google Sheets)
$ disk-bench /mnt/disk-to-test/whatever --style=csv

# Quick
$ disk-bench /mnt/disk-to-test/whatever --loops=1 --size=1M

Command Details

The fio command we are running is essentially:

fio –directory . –filename=disk~bench.tmp –output-format=json –stonewall –ioengine=libaio –direct=0 –gtod_reduce=1 –name=seqread –bs=1m –rw=read –size=64G –name=seqwrite –bs=1m –rw=write –size=64G –name=randread –bs=512k –rw=randread –size=4G –name=randwrite –bs=512k –rw=randwrite –size=4G –name=4kQD32read –bs=4k –iodepth=32 –rw=randread –size=4G –name=4kQD32write –bs=4k –iodepth=32 –rw=randwrite –size=4G –name=4kQD16 –bs=4k –iodepth=32 –rw=randrw –rwmixread=65 –size=4G

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