Add nr parameter to file_service_type
Right now we switch for every IO, add a postfix that allows to switch
for every 'x' number of ios.
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO
index 1374d05..f9e3fc7 100644
--- a/HOWTO
+++ b/HOWTO
@@ -265,6 +265,11 @@
roundrobin Round robin over open files. This
is the default.
+ The string can have a number appended, indicating how
+ often to switch to a new file. So if option random:4 is
+ given, fio will switch to a new random file after 4 ios
+ have been issued.
+
ioengine=str Defines how the job issues io to the file. The following
types are defined: