$ sudo apt-get install fio
$ cat test.fio [random-rw] rw=randrw size=256m directory=/tmp/fio/data [write] rw=write size=2048m directory=/tmp/fio/data [read] rw=read size=2048m directory=/tmp/fio/data
$ fio test.fio
threads
$ cat four-threads-randio.fio ; Four threads, two query, two writers. [global] rw=randread size=256m directory=/tmp/fio-testing/data ioengine=libaio iodepth=4 invalidate=1 direct=1 [bgwriter] rw=randwrite iodepth=32 [queryA] iodepth=1 ioengine=mmap direct=0 thinktime=3 [queryB] iodepth=1 ioengine=mmap direct=0 thinktime=5 [bgupdater] rw=randrw iodepth=16 thinktime=40 size=32m