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