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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 16:08:56 +0200
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Subject: Re: Make threads access the same files?
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On Thu, Jun 27 2013, Andrew Davidoff wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> If I understand fio's threaded operation, mrfiles are generated for
> each thread (jobs=N), and each thread operates on its own files. Is
> there a way to tell fio to spawn multiple threads, but for each to
> access a single set of files?
> 
> So:
> 
> nrfiles=2048
> jobs=12
> 
> Would produce 12 threads working against the same 2048 files.

See the 'filename_format' option.

-- 
Jens Axboe