How To Install bonnie++ on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install bonnie++ on CentOS 7. bonnie++ is Filesystem and disk benchmark & burn-in suite

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bonnie++ on CentOS 7.

What is bonnie++

bonnie++ filesystem and disk benchmark suite aggressively reads & writes in various ways on your filesystem then outputs useful benchmark performance data. bonnie++ is also useful as a hardware, disk, and filesystem stability test, exposing some types of hardware or kernel failures that would otherwise be difficult to detect. Do not leave bonnie++ installed on a production system. Use only while you test servers.

We can use yum or dnf to install bonnie++ on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bonnie++.

Install bonnie++ on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install bonnie++

Install bonnie++ on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install bonnie++

How To Uninstall bonnie++ on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the bonnie++ package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bonnie++

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bonnie++ on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.