diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e4a1e8d..0919504 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # volbench
-Standardized benchmarking for volumes
+Standardized benchmarking for volumes using ```fio```
+
+There are two flavors:
+- ```cli```; benchmarking disks on a linux (virtual) machine
+- ```k8s```; benchmarking persistent volumes on kubernetes cluster
 
 Example run:
 
diff --git a/cli/README.md b/cli/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4a1e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# volbench
+Standardized benchmarking for volumes
+
+Example run:
+
+![volbench sample run](https://github.com/chira001/volbench/blob/main/images/samplerun.png)
diff --git a/cli/volbench.sh b/cli/volbench.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6df0737
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/volbench.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,256 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# published at https://github.com/chira001/volbench - PR and comments welcome
+# originally inspired by https://github.com/leeliu/dbench
+
+## checking if fio is installed 
+if ! command -v fio &> /dev/null 
+then 
+	echo "fio could not be found, please install fio."
+	command fio
+	exit
+fi
+
+# specify a space seperated set of files to use as tests. tests are run in paralled across all files
+FIO_files="/tmp/volbenchtest1 /tmp/volbenchtest2"
+# note: the test files are not deleted at the end, to make it easy to run multiple tests
+#       please remember to delete the test files
+# # specify the size of the test files
+FIO_size=10MB
+# specify a ramp time before recording values - this should be around 10 seconds
+FIO_ramptime=10
+# specify a runtime for each test - should be 30s minimum, but 120 is preferred
+FIO_runtime=120
+# # specify the percentage of read requests in mixed tests
+FIO_rwmixread=75
+# specify how many write i/os before an fdatasync - 0 disables
+FIO_fdatasync=0
+
+# specify default number of jobs per file - default to 1 (don't change this)
+FIO_numjobs=1
+#specify default offset_increment - default to 0 (don't change this)
+FIO_offset_increment=0
+
+while getopts d:s:r:t:w:f:hq option
+do 
+	case "${option}" in 
+		d) FIO_files=${OPTARG};;
+		s) FIO_size=${OPTARG};;
+		r) FIO_ramptime=${OPTARG};;
+		t) FIO_runtime=${OPTARG};;
+		w) FIO_rwmixread=${OPTARG};;
+		f) FIO_fdatasync=${OPTARG};;
+		q) 
+			FIO_size=10MB
+			FIO_ramptime=1
+			FIO_runtime=2;;
+		h) 
+			echo "Usage: $0 [OPTION]..."
+			echo "Standardized benchmarking for volumes."
+			echo 
+			echo "  -h       show the usage"
+			echo "  -q       run $0 with reduce ramp and run time to do a real dry-run"
+			echo 
+			echo "Mandatory arguments for short options."
+			echo "  -d       space separated set of files to use as tests in parallel."
+			echo "               e.g. & default; $FIO_files "
+			echo "  -s       size of the test files with a measurement unit"
+			echo "               e.g. & default; 10MB"
+			echo "  -r       ramp time in seconds before recording values"
+			echo "               e.g. & default; 10"
+			echo "  -t       run time in for each test"
+			echo "               e.g. & default; 120"
+			echo "  -w       workload ratio of read requests in percentage"
+			echo "               e.g. & default; 75"
+			echo "  -f       how many write I/Os before a fdatasync happnes"
+			echo "               e.g. & default; 0 (disable)"
+			echo 
+			echo "Example: $0 -d \"/mnt/data/file1 /mnt/data/file2\" -s 100MB -r 5 -t 5 -w 50 -f 50"
+			echo "PR and Comments: <https://github.com/chira001/volbench> "
+			exit ;;
+	esac 
+done 
+
+if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]
+then 
+	echo "$0 will run with the following recommended parameters:"
+	echo "  FIO_files=$FIO_files"
+	echo "  FIO_size=$FIO_size"
+	echo "  FIO_ramptime=$FIO_ramptime"
+	echo "  FIO_runtime=$FIO_runtime"
+	echo "  FIO_rwmixread=$FIO_rwmixread"
+	echo "  FIO_fdatasync=$FIO_fdatasync"
+	echo "The total running time will be around 15 minutes."
+	echo
+	echo "For rapid dry-run, run \"$0 -q\" (total run time is around 30 seconds)."
+	echo "For details on the usage, run \"$0 -h\"."
+	echo 
+
+	# below read and case should be remove when containerized
+	#read -p "Continue with the above values? " answer
+	#case $answer in 
+	#	[yY] ) echo "Starting $0 with default parameters...";;
+	#	[nN] ) exit;;
+	#esac 
+fi
+
+
+
+#define some colour escape codes
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+GREEN='\033[1;32m'
+CYAN='\033[1;34m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+
+# global setttings for all fio jobs
+function fio-global {
+	echo "[global]
+bs=${FIO_blocksize}k
+ioengine=libaio
+iodepth=$FIO_queuedepth
+thread
+direct=1
+fdatasync=$FIO_fdatasync
+random_generator=tausworthe64
+random_distribution=random
+rw=$FIO_readwrite
+rwmixread=$FIO_rwmixread
+percentage_random=$FIO_percentage_random
+group_reporting=0
+time_based
+ramp_time=$FIO_ramptime
+runtime=$FIO_runtime"
+	echo
+}
+
+# setup a job per test file
+function fio-job {
+	for inp in $*
+	do
+		echo "[$inp]"
+		echo "numjobs=$FIO_numjobs"
+		echo "filename=$inp"
+		echo "size=$FIO_size"
+		echo "offset=0"
+		echo "offset_increment=$FIO_offset_increment"
+	done
+}
+
+# parse the output of fio minimal data output
+function fio-parse {
+	awk -F';' 'BEGIN {printf "%30s %8s %9s %8s   %8s %9s %8s\n", "Test file", "R iops", "R lat ms", "R MB/s", "W iops", "W lat ms", "W MB/s"} {records +=1} {readsum += $8} {writesum += $49} {readmb += $7} {writemb += $48} {readlats += $40 } {writelats += $81} {printf "%30s '$YELLOW'%8d'$NC' '$GREEN'%9.3f'$NC' %8.1f   '$YELLOW'%8d'$NC' '$GREEN'%9.3f'$NC' %8.1f  \n", $3, $8, $40/1000, $7/1024, $49, $81/1000, $48/1024} END {printf "'$CYAN'%30s %8d %9.3f %8.1f   %8d %9.3f %8.1f'$NC'\n\n", "TOTAL/Average", readsum, (readlats/records)/1000, readmb/1024, writesum, (writelats/records)/1000, writemb/1024}'
+}
+
+#return a field from the minimal fio
+function fio-getfield {
+	awk -F';' '{records +=1} {readsum += $8} {writesum += $49} {readmb += $7} {writemb += $48} {readlats += $40 } {writelats += $81} END {printf "%d %.3f %.1f %d %.3f %.1f\n", readsum, (readlats/records)/1000, readmb/1024, writesum, (writelats/records)/1000, writemb/1024}' | awk '{print $'$1'}'
+}
+
+# sync and clear the caches, then run the fio job
+function fio-run {
+	sync
+	
+	#if we are root, then drop the kernel caches
+	if [ $UID -eq 0 ]
+		then echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
+	fi
+
+	#combine the global params and the jobspec and run fio
+	( fio-global ; fio-job $FIO_files ) | fio --minimal -
+}
+
+
+#start the suite of tests
+echo
+echo "Starting VolBench tests ..."
+echo
+echo "Test parameters:"
+echo "FIO_files=$FIO_files"
+echo "FIO_size=$FIO_size  FIO_ramptime=$FIO_ramptime  FIO_runtime=$FIO_runtime"
+echo ; echo
+
+
+# test concurrent random read iops - e.g. db queries/message bus
+echo Testing read iops ...
+FIO_blocksize=4k FIO_queuedepth=16 FIO_readwrite=randread FIO_percentage_random=100
+FIO_output=$(fio-run)
+echo "$FIO_output" | fio-parse
+READ_IOPS=`echo "$FIO_output" | fio-getfield 1`
+
+# test concurrent randdom write iops - e.g. db commits
+echo Testing write iops ...
+FIO_blocksize=4k FIO_queuedepth=16 FIO_readwrite=randwrite FIO_percentage_random=100
+FIO_output=$(fio-run)
+echo "$FIO_output" | fio-parse
+WRITE_IOPS=`echo "$FIO_output" | fio-getfield 4`
+
+# test read throughput
+echo Testing read throughput ...
+FIO_blocksize=128k FIO_queuedepth=16 FIO_readwrite=randread FIO_percentage_random=100
+FIO_output=$(fio-run)
+echo "$FIO_output" | fio-parse
+READ_MB=`echo "$FIO_output" | fio-getfield 3`
+
+# test write throughput
+echo Testing write throughput ...
+FIO_blocksize=128k FIO_queuedepth=16 FIO_readwrite=randwrite FIO_percentage_random=100
+FIO_output=$(fio-run)
+echo "$FIO_output" | fio-parse
+WRITE_MB=`echo "$FIO_output" | fio-getfield 6`
+
+# test read latency, low concurrency
+echo Testing read latency ...
+FIO_blocksize=4k FIO_queuedepth=4 FIO_readwrite=randread FIO_percentage_random=100
+FIO_output=$(fio-run)
+echo "$FIO_output" | fio-parse
+READ_LAT=`echo "$FIO_output" | fio-getfield 2`
+
+# test write latency, low concurrency
+echo Testing write latency ...
+FIO_blocksize=4k FIO_queuedepth=4 FIO_readwrite=randwrite FIO_percentage_random=100
+FIO_output=$(fio-run)
+echo "$FIO_output" | fio-parse
+WRITE_LAT=`echo "$FIO_output" | fio-getfield 5`
+
+# test concurrent read and write iops
+echo Testing mixed iops ...
+FIO_blocksize=4k FIO_queuedepth=16 FIO_readwrite=randrw FIO_percentage_random=100
+FIO_output=$(fio-run)
+echo "$FIO_output" | fio-parse
+READ_MIXED=`echo "$FIO_output" | fio-getfield 1`
+WRITE_MIXED=`echo "$FIO_output" | fio-getfield 4`
+
+# update FIO_size and set increment to be able to split across 4 jobs
+FIO_unit=`echo $FIO_size | sed 's/[0-9]//g'`
+FIO_sizenumber=`echo $FIO_size | sed 's/[a-z]//ig'`
+FIO_offset_increment=`expr $FIO_sizenumber / 4`$FIO_unit
+FIO_oldsize=$FIO_size
+FIO_size=$FIO_offset_increment
+
+# test read sequental throughput
+echo Testing read seqential ...
+FIO_blocksize=1M FIO_queuedepth=4 FIO_readwrite=read FIO_percentage_random=0 FIO_numjobs=4
+FIO_output=$(fio-run)
+echo "$FIO_output" | fio-parse
+READ_SEQ=`echo "$FIO_output" | fio-getfield 3`
+
+# test write sequention throughput
+echo Testing write seqential ...
+FIO_blocksize=1M FIO_queuedepth=4 FIO_readwrite=write FIO_percentage_random=0 FIO_numjobs=4
+FIO_output=$(fio-run)
+echo "$FIO_output" | fio-parse
+WRITE_SEQ=`echo "$FIO_output" | fio-getfield 6`
+
+
+#output final report
+echo
+printf "%22s  %10s      %10s     \n" "VolBench Summary" "Reads" "Writes" 
+echo "---------------------------------------------------------"
+printf "%22s: %10s iops %10s iops\n" "I/O operations" ${READ_IOPS} ${WRITE_IOPS}
+printf "%22s: %10s iops %10s iops\n" "Mixed I/O" ${READ_MIXED} ${WRITE_MIXED}
+printf "%22s: %10s ms   %10s ms  \n" "Latency" ${READ_LAT} ${WRITE_LAT}
+printf "%22s: %10s MB/s %10s MB/s\n" "Random throughput" ${READ_MB} ${WRITE_MB}
+printf "%22s: %10s MB/s %10s MB/s\n" "Sequential throughput" ${READ_SEQ} ${WRITE_SEQ}
+echo ; echo
+
+exit
diff --git a/k8s/README.md b/k8s/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..164a5c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/k8s/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+## volbench on k8s
+Standardized benchmarking for volumes hosted on kubernetes
+
+### how does it look like
+To guarantee the simplest usage possible, the k8s version is composed of two files:
+- ```volbench.sh``` which is the actual bash script calling ```fio``` with the relevant benchmarking profile
+- ```volbench_storageos.yaml``` which is a standard yaml configuration file using the StorageOS ```fast``` default StorageClass
+- ```volbench_hostpath.yaml```which is a standard yaml configuration file using the HostPath (local filesystem) as StorageClass
+
+Note: ```volbench.sh``` has very few changes from the CLI version to run smoothly as a pod on k8s.
+
+### what does ```volbench.yaml``` do
+When applying the file towards a k8s cluster, it will create: 
+- a namespace called ```volbench```
+- a persistent volume claim called ```volbenchtemp1``` linked to the created namespace
+- a pod called ```volbench-runner``` within the created namespace consuming the persistent volume
+
+Here is the full yaml file:
+```yaml 
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: volbench
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: volbenchtemp1
+  namespace: volbench
+spec:
+  storageClassName: "fast"
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: 1Gi
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: volbench-runner
+  namespace: volbench
+spec:
+  containers:
+    - name: ubuntu
+      image: ubuntu:latest
+      command: ["/bin/sh"]
+      args: ["-c", 'apt update; apt install -y fio git; git clone --single-branch --branch containerized http://github.com/rovandep/volbench.git; /volbench/k8s/volbench.sh; sleep 36000']
+      volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /mnt
+          name: tmp1
+      env:
+      - name: FIO_files
+        value: "/mnt/volbenchtest1 /mnt/volbenchtest2"
+      - name: FIO_size
+        value: "1MB"
+      - name: FIO_ramptime
+        value: "1"
+      - name: FIO_runtime
+        value: "5"
+      - name: FIO_rwmixread
+        value: "75"
+      - name: FIO_fdatasync
+        value: "0"
+  volumes:
+    - name: tmp1
+      persistentVolumeClaim:
+        claimName: volbenchtemp1
+```
+
+Note: there are environment variables defined under ```env:``` within the YAML configuration file defining the ```fio``` benchmarking profile.
+The following extract from ```volbench.sh``` provides a details about each variables:
+
+```bash
+# specify a space seperated set of files to use as tests. tests are run in paralled across all files
+FIO_files="/mnt/volbenchtest1 /mnt/volbenchtest2"
+# note: the test files are not deleted at the end, to make it easy to run multiple tests
+#       please remember to delete the test files
+# # specify the size of the test files
+FIO_size=10MB
+# specify a ramp time before recording values - this should be around 10 seconds
+FIO_ramptime=10
+# specify a runtime for each test - should be 30s minimum, but 120 is preferred
+FIO_runtime=10
+# # specify the percentage of read requests in mixed tests
+FIO_rwmixread=75
+# specify how many write i/os before an fdatasync - 0 disables
+FIO_fdatasync=0
+``` 
+
+### how to use it
+In a nutshell, from the above YAML output:
+- the ```storageClassName``` might need to be change to match the existing ```storageClassName``` on the targeted k8s.  
+- the ```env``` field might need to be change to match the desired ```fio``` benchmarking profile.
+
+Then:
+[![asciicast](https://asciinema.org/a/407266.svg)](https://asciinema.org/a/407266)
diff --git a/volbench.sh b/k8s/volbench.sh
similarity index 90%
rename from volbench.sh
rename to k8s/volbench.sh
index 06a229c..c2f82b2 100755
--- a/volbench.sh
+++ b/k8s/volbench.sh
@@ -1,56 +1,27 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-
 # published at https://github.com/chira001/volbench - PR and comments welcome
-
 # originally inspired by https://github.com/leeliu/dbench
 
-## checking if fio is installed 
-if ! command -v fio &> /dev/null 
-then 
-	echo "fio could not be found, please install fio."
-	exit
-fi
-
 # specify a space seperated set of files to use as tests. tests are run in paralled across all files
-if [ -z "${FIO_files}" ] 
-then FIO_files="/tmp/volbenchtest1 /tmp/volbenchtest2"
-fi
-
+#FIO_files="/tmp/volbenchtest1 /tmp/volbenchtest2"
 # note: the test files are not deleted at the end, to make it easy to run multiple tests
 #       please remember to delete the test files
-
-# specify the size of the test files
-if [ -z "${FIO_size}" ] 
-then FIO_size=100MB
-fi
-
+# # specify the size of the test files
+#FIO_size=10MB
 # specify a ramp time before recording values - this should be around 10 seconds
-if [ -z "${FIO_ramptime}" ]
-then FIO_ramptime=1s
-fi
-
+#FIO_ramptime=10
 # specify a runtime for each test - should be 30s minimum, but 120 is preferred
-if [ -z "${FIO_runtime}" ] 
-then FIO_runtime=2s
-fi
-
-# specify the percentage of read requests in mixed tests
-if [ -z "${FIO_rwmixread}" ]
-then FIO_rwmixread=75
-fi
-
+#FIO_runtime=10
+# # specify the percentage of read requests in mixed tests
+#FIO_rwmixread=75
 # specify how many write i/os before an fdatasync - 0 disables
-if [ -z "${FIO_datasync}" ]
-then FIO_fdatasync=0
-fi
-
+#FIO_fdatasync=0
 
 # specify default number of jobs per file - default to 1 (don't change this)
 FIO_numjobs=1
 #specify default offset_increment - default to 0 (don't change this)
 FIO_offset_increment=0
 
-
 #define some colour escape codes
 YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
 GREEN='\033[1;32m'
@@ -58,7 +29,7 @@ CYAN='\033[1;34m'
 NC='\033[0m'
 
 
-# global setttins for all fio jobs
+# global setttings for all fio jobs
 function fio-global {
 	echo "[global]
 bs=${FIO_blocksize}k
@@ -107,9 +78,9 @@ function fio-run {
 	sync
 	
 	#if we are root, then drop the kernel caches
-	if [ $UID -eq 0 ]
-		then echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
-	fi
+	# if [ $UID -eq 0 ]
+	# 	then echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
+	# fi
 
 	#combine the global params and the jobspec and run fio
 	( fio-global ; fio-job $FIO_files ) | fio --minimal -
diff --git a/k8s/volbench_hostpath.yaml b/k8s/volbench_hostpath.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4aff13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/k8s/volbench_hostpath.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+---
+apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
+kind: StorageClass
+metadata:
+  name: volbench-local
+provisioner: kubernetes.io/no-provisioner
+volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolume
+metadata:
+  name: volbench-pv-hp
+spec:
+  storageClassName: volbench-local
+  capacity:
+    storage: 1Gi
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  local:
+    path: "/tmp/volbench"
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: volbench-hp
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: volbench-pvc-claim
+  namespace: volbench-hp
+spec:
+  storageClassName: volbench-local
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: 1Gi
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: volbench-runner
+  namespace: volbench-hp
+spec:
+  containers:
+    - name: ubuntu
+      image: ubuntu:latest
+      command: ["/bin/sh"]
+      args: ["-c", 'apt update; apt install -y fio git; git clone --single-branch --branch containerized http://github.com/rovandep/volbench.git; /volbench/k8s/volbench.sh; sleep 36000']
+      volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /mnt
+          name: tmp1
+      env:
+      - name: FIO_files
+        value: "/mnt/volbenchtest1 /mnt/volbenchtest2"
+      - name: FIO_size
+        value: "10MB"
+      - name: FIO_ramptime
+        value: "10"
+      - name: FIO_runtime
+        value: "60"
+      - name: FIO_rwmixread
+        value: "75"
+      - name: FIO_fdatasync
+        value: "0"
+  volumes:
+    - name: tmp1
+      persistentVolumeClaim:
+        claimName: volbench-pvc-claim
diff --git a/k8s/volbench_storageos.yaml b/k8s/volbench_storageos.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c2528e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/k8s/volbench_storageos.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: volbench
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: volbenchtemp1
+  namespace: volbench
+spec:
+  storageClassName: "fast"
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: 1Gi
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: volbench-runner
+  namespace: volbench
+spec:
+  containers:
+    - name: ubuntu
+      image: ubuntu:latest
+      command: ["/bin/sh"]
+      args: ["-c", 'apt update; apt install -y fio git; git clone --single-branch --branch containerized http://github.com/rovandep/volbench.git; /volbench/k8s/volbench.sh; sleep 36000']
+      volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /mnt
+          name: tmp1
+      env:
+      - name: FIO_files
+        value: "/mnt/volbenchtest1 /mnt/volbenchtest2"
+      - name: FIO_size
+        value: "10MB"
+      - name: FIO_ramptime
+        value: "10"
+      - name: FIO_runtime
+        value: "60"
+      - name: FIO_rwmixread
+        value: "75"
+      - name: FIO_fdatasync
+        value: "0"
+  volumes:
+    - name: tmp1
+      persistentVolumeClaim:
+        claimName: volbenchtemp1