Select test disk

[peter]

Hi Forum


I have few hard disks, that I would like to test, and compare results using PTS (performance and various file systems)

PTS works great for me, but I am looking for a way (solution) to make my life easier....


How to run for example:

#phoronix-test-suite run disk

but only on my defined target disk (or mount point)?

I have
/dev/sda mounted to /
/dev/sdb mounted to /mnt/sdb
/dev/sdc mounted to /mnt/sdc
/dev/sdd mounted to /mnt/sdd

but PTS do not ask me for a target test device etc... test is performed on /

How to change test target directory?


Thanks

[Michael]

Hi Peter,

The most easiest way for you to change it for all tests would be to just define a different install path in \.phoronix-test-suite/user-config.XML instead of .phoronix-test-suite/installed-tests/

[peter]

But it means, that after each test (change disk, change file system) I will have to download and install "multiple tests" (or just copy them, or create symlinks)?


I thought that it can be simplest way, like in sqlite test. Sqlite test ask me about test destination, but there are other tests that doesn't ask.

[StFS]

Hi.

I'd be very curious about this too.

I tried doing what was suggested, I edited the user-config.xml file and changed all the paths in it to /media/corsair-x32/.phoronix-test-suite and copied the .phoronix-test-suite from my home directory there.

After running through part of the disk-ssd test suite however, I'm noticing that the read performance is about 50 Mb/s which seems to be way too slow for it to be the SSD.

Is there any documentation or howto on running the disk tests on different disks?