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.SH "NAME"
ping_pong \- measures the ping\-pong byte range lock latency
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBping_pong\ [options]\ <file>\ <num_locks>\fR\ 'u
\fBping_pong [options] <file> <num_locks>\fR
.HP \w'\fBping_pong\fR\ 'u
\fBping_pong\fR [\-r] [\-w] [\-m]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This measures the ping\-pong byte range lock latency\&. It is especially useful on a cluster of nodes sharing a common lock manager as it will give some indication of the lock managers performance under stress\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\-r
.RS 4
do reads
.RE
.PP
\-w
.RS 4
do writes
.RE
.PP
\-m
.RS 4
use mmap
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
Testing lock coherence
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.RS 4
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      ping_pong test\&.dat N
    
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.PP
Testing IO coherence
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.RS 4
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      ping_pong \-rw test\&.dat N
    
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.RE
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP

\m[blue]\fB\%https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Ping_pong\fR\m[], ctdb(1), ctdbd(1)
.SH "COPYRIGHT/LICENSE"
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Copyright (C) Andrew Tridgell 2002

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
your option) any later version\&.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE\&.  See the GNU
General Public License for more details\&.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, see http://www\&.gnu\&.org/licenses/\&.
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