ah well... files don't wanna be loaded anymore - so putting contents here

sqliosim.cfg.ini

[CONFIG]
ErrorFile=sqliosim.log.xml
;CPUCount=2
;Affinity=0
;IOAffinity=0
;MaxMemoryMB=209
StopOnError=TRUE
TestCycles=1
TestCycleDuration=300
CacheHitRatio=10000
NoBuffering=TRUE
WriteThrough=TRUE
MaxOutstandingIO=0
TargetIODuration=100
AllowIOBursts=TRUE
UseScatterGather=TRUE
ForceReadAhead=FALSE
DeleteFilesAtStartup=TRUE
DeleteFilesAtShutdown=TRUE
StampFiles=FALSE

[File1]
FileName=C:\sqliotest\sqliosim.mdx
InitialSize=500
MaxSize=5000
Increment=500
Shrinkable=TRUE
LogFile=FALSE
Sparse=FALSE

[File2]
FileName=C:\sqliotest\sqliosim.ldx
InitialSize=500
MaxSize=5000
Increment=500
Shrinkable=FALSE
LogFile=TRUE
Sparse=FALSE

sqliosim.seqwrites.cfg.ini

[CONFIG]
ErrorFile=sqliosim.log.xml
;CPUCount=2
;Affinity=0
;IOAffinity=0
;MaxMemoryMB=209
StopOnError=TRUE
TestCycles=1
TestCycleDuration=300
CacheHitRatio=10000
NoBuffering=TRUE
WriteThrough=TRUE
MaxOutstandingIO=0
TargetIODuration=100
AllowIOBursts=TRUE
UseScatterGather=TRUE
ForceReadAhead=FALSE
DeleteFilesAtStartup=TRUE
DeleteFilesAtShutdown=TRUE
StampFiles=FALSE

[RandomUser]
UserCount=0
JumpToNewRegionPercentage=500
MinIOChainLength=50
MaxIOChainLength=100
RandomUserReadWriteRatio=9000
MinLogPerBuffer=64
MaxLogPerBuffer=8192
RollbackChance=100
SleepAfter=5
YieldPercentage=0
CPUSimulation=FALSE
CPUCyclesMin=0
CPUCyclesMax=0

[AuditUser]
UserCount=0
BuffersValidated=64
DelayAfterCycles=2
AuditDelay=200

[ReadAheadUser]
UserCount=0
BuffersRAMin=32
BuffersRAMax=64
DelayAfterCycles=2
RADelay=200

[BulkUpdateUser]
;UserCount=4
BuffersBUMin=600
BuffersBUMax=1000
DelayAfterCycles=2
BUDelay=1

[ShrinkUser]
MinShrinkInterval=120
MaxShrinkInterval=600
MinExtends=1
MaxExtends=20

[File1]
FileName=c:\sqliotest\sqliosim.mdx
InitialSize=500
MaxSize=5000
Increment=500
Shrinkable=FALSE
LogFile=FALSE
Sparse=FALSE

[File2]
FileName=c:\sqliotest\sqliosim.ldx
InitialSize=500
MaxSize=5000
Increment=500
Shrinkable=FALSE
LogFile=TRUE
Sparse=FALSE

sqliosim.seqwrites_64k.cfg.ini

[CONFIG]
ErrorFile=sqliosim.log.xml
;CPUCount=2
;Affinity=0
;IOAffinity=0
;MaxMemoryMB=209
StopOnError=TRUE
TestCycles=1
TestCycleDuration=300
CacheHitRatio=10000
NoBuffering=TRUE
WriteThrough=TRUE
MaxOutstandingIO=0
TargetIODuration=100
AllowIOBursts=TRUE
UseScatterGather=TRUE
ForceReadAhead=FALSE
DeleteFilesAtStartup=TRUE
DeleteFilesAtShutdown=TRUE
StampFiles=FALSE

[RandomUser]
UserCount=0
JumpToNewRegionPercentage=500
MinIOChainLength=50
MaxIOChainLength=100
RandomUserReadWriteRatio=9000
MinLogPerBuffer=64
MaxLogPerBuffer=8192
RollbackChance=100
SleepAfter=5
YieldPercentage=0
CPUSimulation=FALSE
CPUCyclesMin=0
CPUCyclesMax=0

[AuditUser]
UserCount=0
BuffersValidated=64
DelayAfterCycles=2
AuditDelay=200

[ReadAheadUser]
UserCount=0
BuffersRAMin=32
BuffersRAMax=64
DelayAfterCycles=2
RADelay=200

[BulkUpdateUser]
;UserCount=4
BuffersBUMin=64
BuffersBUMax=128
DelayAfterCycles=2
BUDelay=1

[ShrinkUser]
MinShrinkInterval=120
MaxShrinkInterval=600
MinExtends=1
MaxExtends=20

[File1]
FileName=c:\sqliotest\sqliosim.mdx
InitialSize=500
MaxSize=5000
Increment=500
Shrinkable=FALSE
LogFile=FALSE
Sparse=FALSE

[File2]
FileName=c:\sqliotest\sqliosim.ldx
InitialSize=500
MaxSize=5000
Increment=500
Shrinkable=FALSE
LogFile=TRUE
Sparse=FALSE

• This reply was modified 1 year, 5 months ago by frederico_fonseca.

SQLIOSIM is part of the standard SQL installation since 2008 - located on the binn directory (for a sql 2022 it would be C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL16.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Binn - assuming default...

• This reply was modified 1 year, 5 months ago by frederico_fonseca.

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I...

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https://cultivatingsoftware.wordpress.com/2018/08/21/ssis-load-dll-gac/

https://blog.matrixpost.net/load-an-custom-assembly-in-sql-server-integration-services-ssis-script-task-that-is-not-or-cannot-be-stored-in-the-gac/

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using a custom view/proc...