Test types and workloads

Warp offers different test types to evaluate specific aspects of storage performance. Choose the test type that matches what you want to measure.

Single operation tests are useful to measure specific hardware capabilities or troubleshooting performance issues.
Mixed workload tests evaluate overall application performance or capacity planning.

Single operation tests

Single operation tests focus on one type of storage operation at a time. These tests help you understand baseline performance for specific workloads.

The table below lists common test types.

Test type	Measures	Use case
`PUT`	Upload performance	Backup systems, data ingestion workflows
`GET`	Download performance	Content delivery, data retrieval scenarios
`DELETE`	Cleanup performance	Lifecycle management operations
`LIST`	Directory browsing performance	File management applications

# Test upload performance
warp put --duration 5m --access-key YOUR_ACCESS_KEY --secret-key YOUR_SECRET_KEY

# Test download performance
warp get --duration 5m --access-key YOUR_ACCESS_KEY --secret-key YOUR_SECRET_KEY

# Test object listing
warp list --duration 5m --access-key YOUR_ACCESS_KEY --secret-key YOUR_SECRET_KEY

For a complete list of available test types, see benchmarks.

Mixed workload tests

Mixed workload tests combine multiple operation types to simulate real application behavior. Most production applications perform a mix of reads, writes, and metadata operations.

Configure the operation distribution to match your application patterns. A read-heavy application might use 70% GET operations, 20% STAT operations, and 10% PUT operations. A write-heavy backup application might reverse this distribution.

# Read-heavy workload
warp mixed --get-distrib 70 --stat-distrib 20 --put-distrib 10 --access-key YOUR_ACCESS_KEY --secret-key YOUR_SECRET_KEY

# Write-heavy workload
warp mixed --get-distrib 20 --stat-distrib 10 --put-distrib 70 --access-key YOUR_ACCESS_KEY --secret-key YOUR_SECRET_KEY