batch-shipyard/recipes/DiskSpd-Windows

DiskSpd-Windows

This recipe shows how to run the DiskSpd tool on a single node running Windows Server Containers.

Configuration

Please see refer to this set of sample configuration files for this recipe.

Pool Configuration

Pool properties such as publisher, offer, sku, vm_size and vm_count should be set to your desired values.

Global Configuration

The global configuration should set the following properties:

• docker_images array must have a reference to a valid Windows Docker image. stefanscherer/diskspd:nano can be used for this recipe.

Jobs Configuration

The jobs configuration should set the following properties within the tasks array which should have a task definition containing:

• docker_image should be the name of the Docker image for this container invocation, e.g., stefanscherer/diskspd:nano
• additional_docker_run_options property is needed to set the isolation mode for container execution as --isolation=hyperv. This is required as this container is built using the base OS image that is different from the Host OS. You can view the Windows container compatibility matrix here.
• command should contain the command to pass to the Docker run invocation. For this example, we use: -c8192k -d1 testfile.dat