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+# AFS Performance
+
+This is the central page for collecting the current AFS performance testing concepts, methods, and metrics.
+
+## TODO
+* System diagram of AFS observability tools
+ * goal state: similar to [Brendan Gregg's for Linux][1]
+ * current state:
+![OpenAFS Arch][2]
+* Work load definitions
+ * git/tar operations on AFS compared to local FS
+ * large file r/w
+ * man small file r/w
+
+## References
+[MIT Wollman][3] AFS testing
+
+Postmark
+* http://www.filesystems.org/docs/auto-pilot/Postmark.html
+* https://openbenchmarking.org/test/pts/postmark
+* http://www.dartmouth.edu/~davidg/postmark_instructions.html
+
+
+[1]: http://www.brendangregg.com/Perf/linux_observability_tools.png "Linux Observability Tools"
+[2]: https://wiki.openafs.org/diagrams/openafs-arch-3.png "OpenAFS Arch"
+[3]: http://people.csail.mit.edu/wollman/afs-performance.html "Wollman Performance"