postmark - a file system benchmark based around small file operations
postmark [config-file]
postmark is a benchmark that's based around small file operations similar to those used on large mail servers and news servers.
When postmark is run it gives a command-line interface to configure and run tests. The "help" command displays basic information on how to operate it.
The name of a text file containing commands may be specified on the command line.
The man page postmark.1 is generated from postmark.md using go-md2man.
The following postmark commands are available, either interactively or by the specified config file: See postmark.md for details.
From the original site:
The file postmark-1_5.c contains the source code for the PostMark benchmark, as described in NetApp Technical Report TR-3022, PostMark: A New File System Benchmark.
This code has been successfully compiled and run by Network Appliance on various platforms, including Solaris 2 on an Ultra-170, and Windows NT on a Compaq ProLiant. However, the PostMark source code is distributed under the Artistic License also included in the source code distribution. As such, no support is provided. However, please report any errors to the author, Jeffrey Katcher, or to Andy Watson.
Written by Jeffrey Katcher ([email protected]) under contract to Network Appliance.
The original manual page was written by Russell Coker ([email protected]), for the Debian GNU/Linux system.
Improved timers by Andiry Xu.