diff --git a/cmd/neofs-node/config/engine/config_test.go b/cmd/neofs-node/config/engine/config_test.go
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+++ b/cmd/neofs-node/config/engine/config_test.go
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+package engineconfig_test
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/cmd/neofs-node/config"
+	engineconfig "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/cmd/neofs-node/config/engine"
+	shardconfig "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/cmd/neofs-node/config/engine/shard"
+	configtest "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/cmd/neofs-node/config/test"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestEngineSection(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("defaults", func(t *testing.T) {
+		require.Panics(t, func() {
+			engineconfig.IterateShards(configtest.EmptyConfig(), nil)
+		})
+	})
+
+	const path = "../../../../config/example/node"
+
+	var fileConfigTest = func(c *config.Config) {
+		num := 0
+
+		engineconfig.IterateShards(c, func(sc *shardconfig.Config) {
+			defer func() {
+				num++
+			}()
+
+			wc := sc.WriteCache()
+			meta := sc.Metabase()
+			blob := sc.BlobStor()
+			blz := blob.Blobovnicza()
+			gc := sc.GC()
+
+			switch num {
+			case 0:
+				require.Equal(t, false, sc.UseWriteCache())
+
+				require.Equal(t, "tmp/0/cache", wc.Path())
+				require.EqualValues(t, 111, wc.MemSize())
+				require.EqualValues(t, 222, wc.MaxDBSize())
+				require.EqualValues(t, 333, wc.SmallObjectSize())
+				require.EqualValues(t, 444, wc.MaxObjectSize())
+				require.EqualValues(t, 555, wc.WorkersNumber())
+
+				require.Equal(t, "tmp/0/meta", meta.Path())
+				require.Equal(t, os.FileMode(0700), meta.Perm())
+
+				require.Equal(t, "tmp/0/blob", blob.Path())
+				require.EqualValues(t, 0666, blob.Perm())
+				require.EqualValues(t, 5, blob.ShallowDepth())
+				require.Equal(t, true, blob.Compress())
+				require.EqualValues(t, 77, blob.SmallSizeLimit())
+
+				require.EqualValues(t, 1024, blz.Size())
+				require.EqualValues(t, 10, blz.ShallowDepth())
+				require.EqualValues(t, 20, blz.ShallowWidth())
+				require.EqualValues(t, 88, blz.OpenedCacheSize())
+
+				require.EqualValues(t, 123, gc.RemoverBatchSize())
+				require.Equal(t, 3*time.Hour, gc.RemoverSleepInterval())
+			case 1:
+				require.Equal(t, true, sc.UseWriteCache())
+
+				require.Equal(t, "tmp/1/cache", wc.Path())
+				require.EqualValues(t, 112, wc.MemSize())
+				require.EqualValues(t, 223, wc.MaxDBSize())
+				require.EqualValues(t, 334, wc.SmallObjectSize())
+				require.EqualValues(t, 445, wc.MaxObjectSize())
+				require.EqualValues(t, 556, wc.WorkersNumber())
+
+				require.Equal(t, "tmp/1/meta", meta.Path())
+				require.Equal(t, os.FileMode(0701), meta.Perm())
+
+				require.Equal(t, "tmp/1/blob", blob.Path())
+				require.EqualValues(t, 0667, blob.Perm())
+				require.EqualValues(t, 6, blob.ShallowDepth())
+				require.Equal(t, false, blob.Compress())
+				require.EqualValues(t, 78, blob.SmallSizeLimit())
+
+				require.EqualValues(t, 1025, blz.Size())
+				require.EqualValues(t, 11, blz.ShallowDepth())
+				require.EqualValues(t, 21, blz.ShallowWidth())
+				require.EqualValues(t, 89, blz.OpenedCacheSize())
+
+				require.EqualValues(t, 124, gc.RemoverBatchSize())
+				require.Equal(t, 3*time.Hour+time.Second, gc.RemoverSleepInterval())
+			}
+		})
+
+		require.Equal(t, 2, num)
+	}
+
+	configtest.ForEachFileType(path, fileConfigTest)
+
+	t.Run("ENV", func(t *testing.T) {
+		configtest.ForEnvFileType(path, fileConfigTest)
+	})
+}