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@githubfoam
githubfoam / fio cheatsheet
Last active April 16, 2026 08:45
fio cheatsheet
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Read Test
fio --name=randread --ioengine=libaio --iodepth=16 --rw=randread --bs=4k --direct=0 --size=512M --numjobs=4 --runtime=240 --group_reporting
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writes a total 2GB files [4 jobs x 512 MB = 2GB] running 4 processes at a time:
fio --name=randwrite --ioengine=libaio --iodepth=1 --rw=randwrite --bs=4k --direct=0 --size=512M --numjobs=4 --runtime=240 --group_reporting
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Read Write Performance Test
fio --randrepeat=1 --ioengine=libaio --direct=1 --gtod_reduce=1 --name=test --filename=random_read_write.fio --bs=4k --iodepth=64 --size=4G --readwrite=randrw --rwmixread=75
@RagedUnicorn
RagedUnicorn / cloud_init_debugging.md
Last active January 22, 2025 12:55
Debugging tipps when working with cloud-init

Cloud-Init Debugging

Cloud-init combined with terraform can be a powerful tool to provision instances on startup. Debugging scripts that are run by cloud-init however are not the easiest to debug.

Logs

Usually on an Ubuntu machine a lot of what is happening can be found in the syslog

cat /var/log/syslog
@onyxraven
onyxraven / rds.sh
Last active June 21, 2022 13:42 — forked from douglasjarquin/gist:2208690
Amazon RDS Performance Tuning Settings
#XLarge DBInstanceClassMemory = 15892177440 = 14.8GB
#/32 = 496630545 = 473MB
#/64 = 248315272 = 236MB
#/128 = 124157636 = 118MB
#/256 = 62078818 = 59MB
#/512 = 31039409 = 29MB
#/12582880 = 1263 #default same divisor as max_connections = 4041.6MB = 4237924762
#/25165760 = 623 # half of max_connections = 1993.6MB
#/50331520 = 315 # quarter of max_connections = 1008MB = 1056964608
#*(3/4) #default innodb pool size = 11922309120