This repository contains the IOR and mdtest parallel I/O benchmarks. The official IOR/mdtest documentation can be found in the docs/ subdirectory or on Read the Docs.

1. If configure is missing from the top level directory, you probably retrieved this code directly from the repository. Run ./bootstrap to generate the configure script. Alternatively, download an official IOR release which includes the configure script.

2. Run ./configure. For a full list of configuration options, use ./configure --help.

3. Run make

4. Optionally, run make install. The installation prefix can be changed via ./configure --prefix=....

• Run make check to invoke the unit tests.
• More comprehensive functionality tests are included in testing/. These scripts will launch IOR and mdtest via MPI.
• Docker scripts are also provided in testing/docker/ to test various distributions at once.