How To Install fs_mark on Fedora 34

fs_mark is Benchmark synchronous/async file creation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fs_mark on Fedora 34.

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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fs_mark.

Install fs_mark on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove fs_mark

fs_mark Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/fs_mark
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab/ae23bf64796b565584999e74cb2bc212f6de66
/usr/share/doc/fs_mark
/usr/share/doc/fs_mark/README
/usr/share/doc/fs_mark/plot_test

References

fs_mark website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fs_mark on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.