Simple fio file for using Drive letters on Windows.
This will create a file called “fiofile” on the F:\ Drive in Windows. Notice that the specification is “Driveletter” “Backslash” “Colon” “Filename”
In fio terms we are “escaping” the “:” which fio traditionally uses as a file separator.
[global] bs=1024k size=1G time_based runtime=30 rw=read direct=1 iodepth=8 [job1] filename=F\:fiofile
To run IO to multiple drives (Add the group_reporting) flag to make the output more sane.
[global] bs=1024k size=1G time_based runtime=30 rw=read direct=1 iodepth=8 group_reporting [job1] filename=F\:fiofile [job2] filename=G\:fiofile
To use Physical Drives (Not formatted)
Use the format \\.\\PhysicalDrive<N>.
Firstly find the correct drive using diskpart -> list disk
DISKPART> list disk
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 60 GB 0 B
Disk 1 Online 1024 GB 0 B *
Disk 2 Online 1024 GB 0 B *
Disk 3 Online 50 GB 0 B *
Disk 4 Online 50 GB 0 B *
Disk 5 Online 50 GB 0 B *
Disk 6 Online 50 GB 0 B *
Disk 7 Online 600 GB 1024 KB
Disk 8 Online 500 GB 1024 KB
Disk 9 Online 1024 GB 1024 KB
Disk 10 Online 77 GB 1024 KB
Then use the disk number you want in your fio file e.g.
[global] ioengine=windowsaio direct=1 time_based runtime=60s size=10g [log] rw=write bs=4k iodepth=1 filename=\\.\PhysicalDrive10