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+import json
+import os
+from collections import defaultdict
+
+import pandas as pd
+
+from wa import Workload, Parameter, ConfigError, TargetError, WorkloadError
+from wa.utils.exec_control import once
+
+
+class Mongoperf(Workload):
+
+    name = 'mongoperf'
+    description = """
+    A utility to check disk I/O performance independently of MongoDB.
+
+    It times tests of random disk I/O and presents the results. You can use
+    mongoperf for any case apart from MongoDB. The mmf true mode is completely
+    generic.
+
+    .. note:: ``mongoperf`` seems to ramp up threads in powers of two over a
+              period of tens of seconds (there doesn't appear to be a way to
+              change that). Bear this in mind when setting the ``duration``.
+
+    """
+
+    parameters = [
+        Parameter('duration', kind=int, default=300,
+                 description="""
+                 Duration of of the workload.
+                 """),
+        Parameter('threads', kind=int, default=16,
+                  description="""
+                  Defines the number of threads mongoperf will use in the test.
+                  To saturate your system’s storage system you will need
+                  multiple threads.
+                  """),
+        Parameter('file_size_mb', kind=int, default=1,
+                  description="""
+                  Test file size in MB.
+                  """),
+        Parameter('sleep_micros', kind=int, default=0,
+                  description="""
+                  mongoperf will pause for this number of microseconds  divided
+                  by the the number of threads between each operation.
+                  """),
+        Parameter('mmf', kind=bool, default=True,
+                  description="""
+                  When ``True``,  use memory mapped files for the tests.
+                  Generally:
+
+                  - when mmf is ``False``, mongoperf tests direct, physical, I/O,
+                    without caching. Use a large file size to test heavy random
+                    I/O load and to avoid I/O coalescing.
+                  - when mmf is ``True``, mongoperf runs tests of the caching
+                    system, and can use normal file system cache. Use mmf in
+                    this mode to test file system cache behavior with memory
+                    mapped files.
+
+                  """),
+        Parameter('read', kind=bool, default=True,
+                  aliases=['r'],
+                  description="""
+                  When ``True``,  perform reads as part of the test. Either
+                  ``read`` or ``write`` must be ``True``.
+                  """),
+        Parameter('write', kind=bool, default=True,
+                  aliases=['w'],
+                  description="""
+                  When ``True``,  perform writes as part of the test. Either
+                  ``read`` or ``write`` must be ``True``.
+                  """),
+        Parameter('rec_size_kb', kind=int, default=4,
+                  description="""
+                  The size of each write operation
+                  """),
+        Parameter('sync_delay', kind=int, default=0,
+                  description="""
+                  Seconds between disk flushes. Only use this if ``mmf`` is set
+                  to ``True``.
+                  """),
+    ]
+
+    def validate(self):
+        if not self.read and not self.write:
+            raise ConfigError('Either "read" or "write" must be True.')
+        if not self.mmf and self.sync_delay:
+            raise ConfigError('sync_delay can only be set if mmf is True')
+
+    @once
+    def initialize(self, context):
+        try:
+            self.target.execute('mongoperf -h')
+        except TargetError:
+            raise WorkloadError('Mongoperf must be installed an in $PATH on the target.')
+
+    def setup(self, context):
+        config = {}
+        config['nThreads'] = self.threads
+        config['fileSizeMB'] = self.file_size_mb
+        config['sleepMicros'] = self.sleep_micros
+        config['mmf'] = self.mmf
+        config['r'] = self.read
+        config['w'] = self.write
+        config['recSizeKB'] = self.rec_size_kb
+        config['syncDelay'] = self.sync_delay
+
+        config_text = json.dumps(config)
+        self.outfile = self.target.get_workpath('mongperf.out')
+        self.command = 'echo "{}" | mongoperf > {}'.format(config_text, self.outfile)
+
+    def run(self, context):
+        self.target.kick_off(self.command)
+        self.target.sleep(self.duration)
+        self.target.killall('mongoperf', signal='SIGTERM')
+
+    def extract_results(self, context):
+        host_outfile = os.path.join(context.output_directory, 'mongoperf.out')
+        self.target.pull(self.outfile, host_outfile)
+        context.add_artifact('mongoperf-output', host_outfile, kind='raw')
+
+    def update_output(self, context):
+        host_file = context.get_artifact_path('mongoperf-output')
+        results = defaultdict(list)
+        threads = None
+        with open(host_file) as fh:
+            for line in fh:
+                if 'new thread,' in line:
+                    threads = int(line.split()[-1])
+                elif 'ops/sec' in line:
+                    results[threads].append(int(line.split()[0]))
+
+        if not results:
+            raise WorkloadError('No mongoperf results found in the output.')
+
+        for threads, values in results.items():
+            rs = pd.Series(values)
+            context.add_metric('ops_per_sec', rs.mean(),
+                               classifiers={'threads': threads})
+            context.add_metric('ops_per_sec_std', rs.std(), lower_is_better=True,
+                               classifiers={'threads': threads})
+
+    def teardown(self, context):
+        if self.cleanup_assets:
+            self.target.remove(self.outfile)