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+#!/bin/bash
+#             __________               __   ___.
+#   Open      \______   \ ____   ____ |  | _\_ |__   _______  ___
+#   Source     |       _//  _ \_/ ___\|  |/ /| __ \ /  _ \  \/  /
+#   Jukebox    |    |   (  <_> )  \___|    < | \_\ (  <_> > <  <
+#   Firmware   |____|_  /\____/ \___  >__|_ \|___  /\____/__/\_ \
+#                     \/            \/     \/    \/            \/
+# $Id$
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2020 William Wilgus
+################################################################################
+#
+# chmod +x disktest_sysbench.sh
+#
+# apt install sysbench
+#
+# ./disktest_sysbench.sh /device path filesz(kb) block > ./disklog.txt
+#
+################################################################################
+echo "Disktest Benchmarking [] $(date)"
+
+set -uo pipefail
+IFS=$'\n\t'
+
+CMD=$(command -v sysbench)
+TESTDURSEC=300 #5 minutes/test
+VERBOSITY=5
+BLOCKSZ=('test all' 512 1024 4096 16384 65536 1048576)
+THREADS=1 #--validate may fail if threads > 1 (some versions)
+
+if [ -z "$CMD"  ]; then
+ echo "This script requires 'sysbench' try: 'apt install sysbench' or your system package handler"
+ exit 1
+else
+ echo "using sysbench found @ $CMD"
+ echo ""
+fi
+
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <filepath_to_device>, <filesize_in_kB> <block 0-${#BLOCKSZ[@]}>"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+DEV_DIR=$1
+TEST_PATH="$DEV_DIR/disktest_sysbench"
+SIZEKB=${2:-'10*1024'} #10Mb file [default]
+SIZEBYTE=$((SIZEKB*1024))
+BLOCK=${3:-5} #65535 default
+if (($BLOCK > ${#BLOCKSZ[@]})) ;then
+  $BLOCK = 0
+fi
+
+BeginDiskTest() {
+  local start=$BLOCK
+  local blocks=$BLOCK+1
+  local bs=0
+  local cwd="/"
+  local filenum=0
+  local sysbench_cmd
+  local out
+
+  if (( blocks == 1 )) ;then
+    start=1
+    blocks=${#BLOCKSZ[@]}
+  fi
+
+  for (( b=$start; b<$blocks; b++ ))
+  do
+    bs=${BLOCKSZ[b]}
+    filenum=$(( SIZEBYTE / bs ))
+    # note try bigger block sizes if you run out of file handles
+    if (( $(ulimit -Sn ) < $(($filenum + 100)) )) ;then
+      local hard=$(ulimit -Hn) #get hard limit
+      echo attempting to increase soft file limit to $hard
+      ulimit -Sn $hard
+    fi
+################################################################################
+    sysbench_cmd=(fileio --validate --file-total-size=$SIZEBYTE --file-block-size=$bs --file-num=$filenum --threads=$THREADS --max-requests=0 --time=$TESTDURSEC --file-extra-flags=direct --verbosity=$VERBOSITY --file-fsync-all=on)
+    echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+    echo "Command Lines to be executed:"
+    echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+    echo "Test Prep:"
+    echo ${CMD##*/} " fileio --file-total-size=$SIZEBYTE --file-block-size=$bs --file-num=$filenum prepare"
+    echo ""
+    echo "Sequential Write:"
+    echo ${CMD##*/} "${sysbench_cmd[@]}" --file-test-mode=seqwr run
+    echo ""
+    echo "Random R/W:"
+    echo ${CMD##*/} "${sysbench_cmd[@]}" --file-test-mode=rndrw run
+    echo ""
+    echo "Sequential Read:"
+    echo ${CMD##*/} "${sysbench_cmd[@]}" --file-test-mode=seqrd run
+    echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+    echo ""
+################################################################################
+    echo "Preparing ${filenum} files, ${SIZEKB}KB file Block Size: ${BLOCKSZ[b]}B..."
+    $CMD fileio --file-total-size=$SIZEBYTE --file-block-size=$bs --file-num=$filenum --verbosity=0 prepare
+    echo ""
+    echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+    echo "SEQUENTIAL WRITE [$DEV_DIR] BLOCK SIZE: $bs"
+    echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+    echo ""
+    out=$($CMD "${sysbench_cmd[@]}" --file-test-mode=seqwr run 2>&1) #exec command
+    printf "%s\n" "${out#*Threads started!}"
+    echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+    echo ""
+    echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+    echo "RANDOM WRITE/READ [$DEV_DIR] BLOCK SIZE: $bs"
+    echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+    out=$("$CMD" "${sysbench_cmd[@]}" --file-test-mode=rndrw run 2>&1) #exec command
+    printf "%s\n" "${out#*Threads started!}"
+    echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+    echo ""
+    echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+    echo "SEQUENTIAL READ [$DEV_DIR] BLOCK SIZE: $bs"
+    echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+    out=$("$CMD" "${sysbench_cmd[@]}" --file-test-mode=seqrd run 2>&1) #exec command
+    printf "%s\n" "${out#*Threads started!}"
+    echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+  done
+    echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+    echo "Finished [$DEV_DIR] $(date)"
+    echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+}
+################################################################################
+echo "Device Filepath: $1"
+echo "Testfile Folder: $TEST_PATH"
+echo "Filesize: $SIZEKB kB"
+echo "Blocksize (bytes): ${BLOCKSZ[BLOCK]}"
+echo "Test Duration (SEC) $TESTDURSEC Each"
+echo "Tests: Random R/W, Sequential Write, Sequential Read"
+echo ""
+echo "Ready to create test files on device @ $TEST_PATH"
+echo Continue Y/n?
+read prompt
+if [ "$prompt" != "${prompt#[Yy]}" ] ;then
+  [ -d $TEST_PATH ] || mkdir $TEST_PATH
+  cd "$TEST_PATH"
+  cwd=$(pwd -P)
+  if [ "$cwd" = "$TEST_PATH" ] ;then
+    BeginDiskTest
+  else
+    echo "couldn't cd to device directory "
+    exit 2
+  fi
+else
+    echo "exiting"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+exit 0