License:
Copyright (c) International Business Machines Corp., 2001
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
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Overview:
Name: fs_maim
Description: fs_maim is a collection of smaller scripts to stress
storage management utilities. Each script has more
specific documentation in it.
Files:
backbeat
partbeat
maimparts
README
Installation: Untar.
Use: maimparts <device like hda, sda, etc.> <iterations> <fstype like jfs, ext3, etc>
Warning(s): The device you specify on the command line (hda/sda/etc)
will be blown away...smoking any important data, programs,
OS, etc. Don't specify a device name that you don't want
to wipe out.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
ToDo:
add validation/error checking stuff that some folks may like
add maimraid to stress multiple devices ala md
add maimlvm to stress lvm volumes
add maimevms to stress evms volumes
ChangeLog:
Date Version Author Reason
11/01/01 0.9 Jeff Martin First Draft
Jeff Martin
martinjn@us.ibm.com
Software Engineers(Verification)
IBM Linux Technology Center-Test Team