September 10, 2020

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FioSynth: A representative I/O benchmark and data visualizer for data center workloads

FioSynth: A representative I/O benchmark and data visualizer for data center workloads

What it is: FioSynth is a benchmark tool used to automate the execution of storage workload suites and to parse results. It contains a base set of block level storage workloads, synthesized from production I/O traces, that simulate a diverse range of Facebook production services. It is useful for predicting how a storage device will […] Read More… The post FioSynth: A representative I/O benchm

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Date: 2020-11-18

URL: https://engineering.fb.com/2020/11/18/open-source/fiosynth/

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