Bonnie++
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What both publish
| Fact | Bonnie++ | fio |
|---|---|---|
| Author | The manual credits Russell Coker as the writer of the program and manual page, with parts based on Tim Bray's work. | The documentation names Jens Axboe as fio's author and says he wrote it to enable flexible testing of the Linux I/O subsystem and schedulers. |
| Intended users | The documentation describes tests that simulate I/O patterns in database applications and file activity similar to Squid or INN. | The author describes fio as a tool for simulating specific I/O workloads without repeatedly writing tailored test programs. |
| License | The project documentation states that Bonnie++ is licensed under GPL version 2.0. | fio is free software published under version 2 of the GNU GPL. |
| Purpose | Bonnie++ is a benchmark suite for measuring filesystem and disk I/O performance. | fio simulates user-defined I/O workloads to test performance or reproduce bugs. |
Bonnie++ plans
- Bonnie++Free
fio plans
- fioFree
Pick Bonnie++ if…
Bonnie++ suits Linux users who need to examine filesystem or disk I/O patterns, including bottlenecks in I/O-intensive applications. It is not intended for live production machines.
Pick fio if…
fio suits people who need to define and run storage I/O workloads without writing a separate test program for each one. Its client/server mode may be useful when jobs need to run on remote hosts.