Provided by: sysbench_1.0.20+ds-6build2_amd64 
NAME
sysbench - multi-threaded benchmark tool for database systems
SYNOPSIS
sysbench [common-options] --test=name [test-options] <command>
Commands: prepare run cleanup help version
DESCRIPTION
SysBench is a modular, cross-platform and multi-threaded benchmark tool for evaluating OS parameters that
are important for a system running a database under intensive load.
The idea of this benchmark suite is to quickly get an impression about system performance without setting
up complex database benchmarks or even without installing a database at all.
The design is very simple. SysBench runs a specified number of threads and they all execute requests in
parallel. The actual workload produced by requests depends on the specified test mode. You can limit
either the total number of requests or the total time for the benchmark, or both.
Compiled-in database drivers:
• mysql - MySQL driver
• pgsql - PostgreSQL driver
Compiled-in tests:
• fileio - File I/O test
• cpu - CPU performance test
• memory - Memory functions speed test
• threads - Threads subsystem performance test
• mutex - Mutex performance test
Available test modes are implemented by compiled-in modules, and SysBench was designed to make adding new
test modes an easy task. Each test mode may have additional (or workload-specific) options.
GENERAL OPTIONS
--threads=N
number of threads to use [1]
--events=N
limit for total number of events [0]
--time=N
limit for total execution time in seconds [10]
--forced-shutdown=STRING
number of seconds to wait after the --time limit before forcing shutdown, or 'off' to disable
[off]
--thread-stack-size=SIZE
size of stack per thread [64K]
--rate=N
average transactions rate. 0 for unlimited rate [0]
--report-interval=N
periodically report intermediate statistics with a specified interval in seconds. 0 disables
intermediate reports [0] --report-checkpoints=[LIST,...] dump full statistics and reset all
counters at specified points in time. The argument is a list of comma-separated values
representing the amount of time in seconds elapsed from start of test when report checkpoint(s)
must be performed. Report checkpoints are off by default. []
--debug[=on|off]
print more debugging info [off]
--validate[=on|off]
perform validation checks where possible [off]
--help[=on|off]
print help and exit [off]
--version[=on|off]
print version and exit [off]
--config-file=FILENAME
File containing command line options
--tx-rate=N
deprecated alias for --rate [0]
--max-requests=N
deprecated alias for --events [0]
--max-time=N
deprecated alias for --time [0]
--num-threads=N
deprecated alias for --threads [1]
PSEUDO-RANDOM NUMBERS GENERATOR OPTIONS
--rand-type=STRING
random numbers distribution {uniform,gaussian,pareto} [special]
--rand-seed=N
seed for random number generator. When 0, the current time is used as a RNG seed. [0]
--rand-pareto-h=N
parameter h for pareto distribution [0.2]
--rand-zipfian-exp=N
shape parameter (exponent, theta) for the Zipfian distribution [0.8]
LOG OPTIONS
--verbosity=N
verbosity level {5 - debug, 0 - only critical messages} [3]
--percentile=N
percentile to calculate in latency statistics (1-100). Use the special value of 0 to disable
percentile calculations [95]
--histogram[=on|off]
print latency histogram in report [off]
GENERAL DATABASE OPTIONS
--db-driver=STRING
specifies database driver to use ('help' to get list of available drivers) [mysql]
--db-ps-mode=STRING
prepared statements usage mode {auto, disable} [auto]
--db-debug[=on|off]
print database-specific debug information [off]
MYSQL OPTIONS
--mysql-host=[LIST,...]
MySQL server host [localhost]
--mysql-port=[LIST,...]
MySQL server port [3306]
--mysql-socket=[LIST,...]
MySQL socket
--mysql-user=STRING
MySQL user [sbtest]
--mysql-password=STRING
MySQL password []
--mysql-db=STRING
MySQL database name [sbtest]
--mysql-ssl[=on|off]
use SSL connections, if available in the client library [off]
--mysql-ssl-cipher=STRING
use specific cipher for SSL connections []
--mysql-compression[=on|off]
use compression, if available in the client library [off]
--mysql-debug[=on|off]
trace all client library calls [off] --mysql-ignore-errors=[LIST,...] list of errors to ignore, or
"all" [1213,1020,1205]
--mysql-dry-run[=on|off]
Dry run, pretend that all MySQL client API calls are successful without executing them [off]
PGSQL OPTIONS
--pgsql-host=STRING
PostgreSQL server host [localhost]
--pgsql-port=N
PostgreSQL server port [5432]
--pgsql-user=STRING
PostgreSQL user [sbtest] --pgsql-password=STRING PostgreSQL password []
--pgsql-db=STRING
PostgreSQL database name [sbtest]
FILEIO OPTIONS
--file-num=N
number of files to create [128]
--file-block-size=N
block size to use in all IO operations [16384]
--file-total-size=SIZE
total size of files to create [2G]
--file-test-mode=STRING
test mode {seqwr, seqrewr, seqrd, rndrd, rndwr, rndrw}
--file-io-mode=STRING
file operations mode {sync,async,mmap} [sync]
--file-async-backlog=N
number of asynchronous operatons to queue per thread [128] --file-extra-flags=[LIST,...] list of
additional flags to use to open files {sync,dsync,direct} []
--file-fsync-freq=N
do fsync() after this number of requests (0 - don't use fsync()) [100]
--file-fsync-all[=on|off]
do fsync() after each write operation [off]
--file-fsync-end[=on|off]
do fsync() at the end of test [on]
--file-fsync-mode=STRING
which method to use for synchronization {fsync, fdatasync} [fsync]
--file-merged-requests=N
merge at most this number of IO requests if possible (0 - don't merge) [0]
--file-rw-ratio=N
reads/writes ratio for combined test [1.5]
CPU OPTIONS
--cpu-max-prime=N upper limit for primes generator [10000]
MEMORY OPTIONS
--memory-block-size=SIZE
size of memory block for test [1K]
--memory-total-size=SIZE
total size of data to transfer [100G]
--memory-scope=STRING
memory access scope {global,local} [global]
--memory-hugetlb[=on|off]
allocate memory from HugeTLB pool [off]
--memory-oper=STRING
type of memory operations {read, write, none} [write] --memory-access-mode=STRING memory access
mode {seq,rnd} [seq]
THREAD OPTIONS
--thread-yields=N number of yields to do per request [1000]
--thread-locks=N
number of locks per thread [8]
MUTEX OPTIONS
--mutex-num=N
total size of mutex array [4096] --mutex-locks=N number of mutex locks to do per thread [50000]
--mutex-loops=N number of empty loops to do outside mutex lock [10000]
SEE ALSO
Upstream provided html-formatted manual, describing the features of sysbench:
/usr/share/doc/sysbench/manual.html
01 April 2024 SYSBENCH(1)