diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+venv
+*.pyc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/create_instances.py b/create_instances.py
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+# copyright: Canonical
+"""Tools for setting up a rsync bench environment."""
+import json
+import subprocess
+
+
+def run_osc(cmdlist: list[str]):
+    """Launch a nicely formatted command on openstack and retrieve result in json.
+
+    Args:
+        cmdlist (list[str]): Cmd line args
+
+    Returns:
+        _type_: _description_
+    """
+    cmdlist.extend(["--format", "json"])
+    res = subprocess.run(cmdlist, capture_output=True, text=True)
+    return json.loads(res.stdout or "[]")
+
+
+def provision():
+    """Provision servers on openstack."""
+    run_osc(
+        [
+            "openstack",
+            "flavor",
+            "create",
+            "--public",
+            "8c-64r-150s",
+            "--ram",
+            "65536",
+            "--disk",
+            "150",
+            "--vcpus 8",
+        ]
+    )
+
+    for x in range(2):
+        serv_resp = run_osc(
+            [
+                "openstack",
+                "server",
+                "create",
+                "--image",
+                "ubuntu2204",
+                "--key-name",
+                "alexmicouleau",
+                "--network",
+                "bench-net",
+                "--flavor",
+                "8c-64r-150s",
+                f"alex_rsync_{x}",
+            ]
+        )
+        serv_id = serv_resp["id"]
+        fip_res = run_osc(
+            [
+                "openstack",
+                "floating",
+                "ip",
+                "create",
+                "--description",
+                f"alex_rsync_{x}",
+                "ext-net",
+            ]
+        )
+        fip_ad = fip_res["floating_ip_address"]
+        run_osc(
+            [
+                "openstack",
+                "server",
+                "add",
+                "floating",
+                "ip",
+                f"{serv_id}",
+                f"{fip_ad}",
+            ]
+        )
+
+        vol_res = run_osc(
+            [
+                "openstack",
+                "volume",
+                "create",
+                "--size",
+                "150",
+                f"alex_rsync{x}",
+            ]
+        )
+        vol_id = vol_res["id"]
+
+        add_vol_res = run_osc(["openstack", "server", "add", "volume", serv_id, vol_id])
diff --git a/generate_samples.py b/generate_samples.py
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+# copyright: Canonical
+import os
+import subprocess
+from uuid import uuid4
+
+from loguru import logger as log
+from tqdm import tqdm
+
+files = {
+    "XXXS": {"size": 0.1, "number": 10000},
+    "XXS": {"size": 10, "number": 10000},
+    "XS": {"size": 100, "number": 10000},
+    "S": {"size": 1000, "number": 1000},
+    "M": {"size": 10000, "number": 500},
+    "ML": {"size": 100000, "number": 100},
+    "L": {"size": 1000000, "number": 20},
+    "XL": {"size": 5000000, "number": 5},
+}
+
+rand = {
+    "XXS": {"size": 10, "number": 1000},
+    "M": {"size": 10000, "number": 50},
+    "L": {"size": 1000000, "number": 5},
+}
+tests = {
+    "XXS": {"size": 10, "number": 100},
+    "M": {"size": 10000, "number": 5},
+}
+root = "/mnt/inststo/"
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    for path, data in files.items():
+        log.info(f"processing {path}")
+        os.makedirs(root + path, exist_ok=True)
+        for x in tqdm(range(data["number"])):
+            subprocess.run(
+                [
+                    "dd",
+                    "if=/dev/urandom",
+                    f"of={root+path}/{x}",
+                    f"bs={int(data['size']*1000)}",
+                    "count=1",
+                ],
+                capture_output=True,
+                # shell=True,
+            )
+
+    for path, data in rand.items():
+        log.info(f"processing RANDOM {path}")
+        os.makedirs(root + "Rand", exist_ok=True)
+        for x in tqdm(range(data["number"])):
+            subprocess.run(
+                [
+                    "dd",
+                    "if=/dev/urandom",
+                    f"of={root}Rand/{uuid4()}",
+                    f"bs={int(data['size']*1000)}",
+                    "count=1",
+                ],
+                capture_output=True,
+                # shell=True,
+            )
+
+    for path, data in tests.items():
+        log.info(f"processing tests {path}")
+        os.makedirs(root + "test", exist_ok=True)
+        for x in tqdm(range(data["number"])):
+            subprocess.run(
+                [
+                    "dd",
+                    "if=/dev/urandom",
+                    f"of={root}test/{uuid4()}",
+                    f"bs={int(data['size']*1000)}",
+                    "count=1",
+                ],
+                capture_output=True,
+                # shell=True,
+            )
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+++ b/requirements.txt
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+asttokens==2.4.0
+backcall==0.2.0
+decorator==5.1.1
+exceptiongroup==1.1.3
+executing==1.2.0
+ipython==8.15.0
+jedi==0.19.0
+loguru==0.7.1
+matplotlib-inline==0.1.6
+parso==0.8.3
+pexpect==4.8.0
+pickleshare==0.7.5
+prompt-toolkit==3.0.39
+ptyprocess==0.7.0
+pure-eval==0.2.2
+Pygments==2.16.1
+six==1.16.0
+stack-data==0.6.2
+tqdm==4.66.1
+traitlets==5.9.0
+wcwidth==0.2.6
diff --git a/run.py b/run.py
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+"Test connectivity on a small subset of files."
+# copyright: Canonical
+import datetime
+import subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from loguru import logger as log
+
+SERV_URL = "172.172.0.196::share_rsync"
+TARGET = "/mnt/inststo/test"
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    for x in range(10):
+        start = datetime.datetime.now()
+        subprocess.run(
+            [
+                "rsync",
+                "-a",
+                f"{SERV_URL}/inststo/test",
+                f"/mnt/inststo",
+            ],
+            capture_output=True,
+            # shell=True,
+        )
+        time = datetime.datetime.now() - start
+        size = sum(f.stat().st_size for f in Path(TARGET).glob("**/*") if f.is_file())
+        log.info(f"{size/time.total_seconds()/1000/1000/8} MB/s")
+        subprocess.run(["rm", "-rf", TARGET])