Netatalk 4.3.1
Name
afp_speedtest — Simple AFP file transfer benchmarking tool
Synopsis
afp_speedtest [-1234567aeiLnVvy] [-h host] [-p port] [-s volume] [-S volume2] [-u user] [-w password] [-n iterations] [-d size] [-q quantum] [-F file] [-f test]
Description
afp_speedtest is an AFP benchmark testsuite for read, write and copy operations. It can be run using either AFP commands or POSIX syscalls, handy for comparing netatalk speeds against other file transfer protocols.
Options
-1 : Use AFP 2.1 protocol version
-2 : Use AFP 2.2 protocol version
-3 : Use AFP 3.0 protocol version
-4 : Use AFP 3.1 protocol version
-5 : Use AFP 3.2 protocol version
-6 : Use AFP 3.3 protocol version
-7 : Use AFP 3.4 protocol version (default)
-a : Don’t flush to disk after write
-d size : File size (Mbytes, default: 64)
-D : Use O_DIRECT in open flags (when in POSIX mode)
-e : Use sparse file
-f tests : Specific tests to run (Read, Write, Copy, ServerCopy, default: Write)
-F file : Read from file in volume root folder (default: create a temporary file)
-h host : Server hostname or IP address (default: localhost)
-i : Interactive mode – prompt user before each test (used for debugging)
-L : Use POSIX calls instead of AFP
-n iterations : Number of test iterations to run (default: 1)
-p port : Server port number (default: 548)
-q size : Packet size (Kbytes, default: server quantum)
-r number : Number of outstanding requests (default: 1)
-R number : Number of not interleaved outstanding requests (default: 1)
-s volume : Volume name to mount for testing
-S volume : Volume name for second volume to mount for testing
-u user : Username for authentication (default: current uid)
-v : Verbose output
-V : Very verbose output
-w password : Password for authentication
-y : Use a new file for each run (default: same file)
Configuration
The test runner AFP client only supports the ClearTxt UAM currently. Configure the UAM in netatalk’s afp.conf:
[Global]
uam list = uams_clrtxt.so
Examples
Run 5 iterations each of the four benchmark tests: Read,Write,Copy,ServerCopy
$ afp_speedtest -h 10.0.0.10 -s speed1 -u myuser -w mypass -n 5 -f Read,Write,Copy,ServerCopy
Read quantum 1048576, size 67108864
run microsec KB/s
1 251577 273154.84
2 222635 308664.31
3 226490 303410.66
4 228992 300095.53
5 220840 311173.16
Write quantum 1048576, size 67108864
run microsec KB/s
1 210057 327146.81
2 195791 350983.84
3 193921 354368.41
4 208458 329656.22
5 206792 332312.06
Copy quantum 1048576, size 67108864
run microsec KB/s
1 418005 164398.70
2 392906 174900.55
3 400815 171449.36
4 392021 175295.39
5 390320 176059.33
ServerCopy quantum 1048576, size 67108864
run microsec KB/s
1 20585 3338327.75
2 21986 3125601.50
3 21762 3157774.00
4 21913 3136014.00
5 20832 3298746.00
See Also
afp_lantest(1), afpd(8)
