2005-12-27 21:46:52 +01:00
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Bonnie++ is a benchmark suite that is aimed at performing a number
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of simple tests of hard drive and file system performance. Then
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you can decide which test is important and decide how to compare
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different systems after running it. There are no plans to ever have
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it produce a single number, because the author thinks that a single
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number can be useful when comparing such things. The main program
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tests database type access to a single file (or a set of files if
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you wish to test more than 1G of storage), and it tests creation,
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reading, and deleting of small files which can simulate the usage
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of programs such as Squid, INN, or Maildir format email. The ZCAV
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program which the author initially released as a separate package
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tests the performance of different zones of a hard drive. It does
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not write any data (so you can use it on full file systems). It
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can show why comparing the speed of Windows at the start of a hard
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drive to Linux at the end of the hard drive (typical dual-boot
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scenario) isn't a valid comparison. Bonnie++ was based on the code
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for Bonnie by Tim Bray.
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