How To Install fs_mark on CentOS 8

fs_mark is Benchmark synchronous/async file creation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fs_mark on CentOS 8.

What is fs_mark

The fs_mark program is meant to give a low level bashing to file systems. The write pattern that we concentrate on is heavily synchronous IO across mutiple directories, drives, etc.

We can use yum or dnf to install fs_mark on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fs_mark.

Install fs_mark on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install fs_mark using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fs_mark

Install fs_mark on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install fs_mark using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fs_mark

How To Uninstall fs_mark on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the fs_mark package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fs_mark

fs_mark Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/fs_mark
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/ec715d8e05c57086fe98746b7ed9843481abde
/usr/share/doc/fs_mark
/usr/share/doc/fs_mark/README
/usr/share/doc/fs_mark/plot_test

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fs_mark on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.