diff --git a/doFioLoopRbd.sh b/doFioLoopRbd.sh
index 195ca5466ef980dae58e367bef407f7f5da101eb..edf08fe70ce5c5910dd10426da71a9a83406795b 100755
--- a/doFioLoopRbd.sh
+++ b/doFioLoopRbd.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-export RUNTIME=240
-export thePause=20
-export theSmlPause=5
+export RUNTIME=200
+export thePause=15
+export theSmlPause=3
 export subDir=$1
 if [ ! -d $PWD/$subDir ]; then
     echo "La directory $subDir non esiste, esco."
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ fi
 
 for iodepth in 1 2 128 64 32 8 4 256 16 512 ; do 
 #  for poolname in testFulvioSsd testFulvio.1 testFulvio.3; do
-  for poolname in testFulvio.1 ; do
+  for poolname in testFulvio.1 testFulvio.2 ; do
     export POOLNAME=${poolname}
     export RBDNAME=testFio
     export IODEPTH=${iodepth}
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ for iodepth in 1 2 128 64 32 8 4 256 16 512 ; do
 	    export fileSuff=${POOLNAME}_${RBDNAME}_${TESTTYPE}_i${IODEPTH}_n${NUMJOBS}_b${BLOCKSIZE}
 	    if [ ! -e ${subDir}/rbd_${fileSuff}.log ]; then
 		cat rbd_fio_template.txt | sed -e "s/POOLNAME/$POOLNAME/" -e "s/RBDNAME/$RBDNAME/" -e "s/IODEPTH/$IODEPTH/" -e "s/NUMJOBS/$NUMJOBS/" -e "s/BLOCKSIZE/$BLOCKSIZE/" -e "s/RUNTIME/$RUNTIME/" -e "s/TESTTYPE/$TESTTYPE/" > ${subDir}/rbd_${fileSuff}.txt
-		sync ; sleep 2
+		sync ; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches ; sleep 2
 		echo "Executing: fio --output=${subDir}/rbd_${fileSuff}.log ${subDir}/rbd_${fileSuff}.txt"
 		fio --output=${subDir}/rbd_${fileSuff}.log ${subDir}/rbd_${fileSuff}.txt
-		sync ; echo "done rbd_${fileSuff}.txt"
+		sync ; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches ; echo "done rbd_${fileSuff}.txt"
 		echo "Sleep $thePause at `date`" ; sleep $thePause
 	    else
 		echo "SKIPPED, sleep $theSmlPause at `date`" ; sleep $theSmlPause
diff --git a/rbd_fio_template.txt b/rbd_fio_template.txt
index ff1f5c27af9796ab67068ad134bc42eb634b47c6..6e4607f2c928c2e1e1ab5e09617e8ff1afc53c2e 100644
--- a/rbd_fio_template.txt
+++ b/rbd_fio_template.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ group_reporting
 clientname=admin
 pool=POOLNAME
 rbdname=RBDNAME
-invalidate=0    # mandatory
+#invalidate=0    # old, as per https://telekomcloud.github.io/ceph/2014/02/26/ceph-performance-analysis_fio_rbd.html
+invalidate=1
+do_verify=0
 bs=BLOCKSIZE
 direct=1
 time_based=1