Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel - Manual (Page 92)

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Disk Speed Benchmarking
On Linux systems, if you right click within the Media Storage display, you can select the ‘Benchmark
Folder’ tool that will benchmark the speed of the storage/SAN for either new or existing clips. This tool
may be used to ascertain whether fragmentation may be causing playback problems or if the storage
is fast enough. The ‘Use Direct I/O’ check box should be checked for CXFS/XFS/NFS file systems and
should not be checked for ADIC file systems.
The I/O Benchmark Dialog Display