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+## YABS Static Binaries
+
+This directory contains all of the static binaries required to run the benchmarking tests. Naturally, there is a security risk to your machine and its contents by running this script since, after all, this is just a script on the internet. You'll simply have to have confidence that I don't have malicious intent and am semi-competent at writing a bash script. The script is made public so you can look at the code yourself. The static binaries were compiled on local Debian 7 VMs. The compiled binary version numbers and compilations steps are noted below. Please open an issue if the compiled version is out of date and lacking any security-related and/or performance updates.
+
+### Static Binaries
+
+* **fio_x64.static** - v3.17-66-gb7ed (compiled 13 Jan 2020) - 64-bit version
+* **fio_x86.static** - v3.17-67-g7eff0 (compiled 13 Jan 2020) - 32-bit version
+* **iperf_x64.static** - v3.7+ (compiled 13 Jan 2020) - 64-bit version
+* **iperf_x86.static** - v3.7+ (compiled 13 Jan 2020) - 32-bit version
+
+### Compile Notes
+
+**Pre-reqs**:
+
+```sh
+apt install build-essential git libc6-dev libaio-dev zlib1g-dev libssl-dev
+```
+
+_(or equivalents in other package repos)_
+
+**fio**:
+
+```sh
+git clone https://github.com/axboe/fio
+cd fio
+./configure --build-static
+make
+```
+
+fio static binary will be in current dir
+
+**iperf3**:
+
+```sh
+git clone https://github.com/esnet/iperf
+cd iperf
+./configure "LDFLAGS=--static" --disable-shared --diable-profiling
+make
+```
+
+iperf3 static binary will be in the src dir
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