iozone test on a single selected drive possible?

[AquaL1te]

Hi,


I'm trying to figure out how to run the iozone test on a single disk. I have many disks in my system and I just want to test one. I can't seem to find a help page of the available options, is it really not possible?

# phoronix-test-suite version

Phoronix Test Suite v7.4.0 (Tynset)

# phoronix-test-suite info system/iozone


Phoronix Test Suite v7.4.0
IOzone

Run Identifier:      system/iozone-1.0.1
Profile Version:     1.0.1
Maintainer:          Michael Larabel
Test Type:           Disk
Software Type:       Utility
License Type:        Free
Test Status:         Verified
Project Web-Site:    http://www.iozone.org/
Estimated Run-Time:  660 Seconds
Environment Size:    2.3 MB

Description: The IOzone benchmark tests the hard disk drive / file-system performance.


Test Installed: No

Software Dependencies:
- Compiler / Development Libraries

[Michael]

Adjust the EnvironmentDirectory path in ~/.phoronix-test-suite/user-config.xml to your desired mounted disk/location.

[AquaL1te]

Adjust the EnvironmentDirectory path in ~/.phoronix-test-suite/user-config.xml to your desired mounted disk/location.

I found this suggestion somewhere else earlier today, but the XML doesn't show me any values I can change regarding disks, no NVMe drivers are listed or any other hint towards such a value. Can you show an example?

[Michael]

I found this suggestion somewhere else earlier today, but the XML doesn't show me any values I can change regarding disks, no NVMe drivers are listed or any other hint towards such a value. Can you show an example?

EnvironmentDirectory is a path to a mounted location.

[Alecz]

Having to modify a config file to change which drive/location to be tested is a silly approach. Is there really no CLI argument that can be passed to specify the location?