Iometer Tutorial (Part 3) - Access Specification Explained #2

Iometer Access Specification (Part 2b). Explains how to adjust for different IO scenarios in your testing. iTechStorm Article: http://www.itechstorm.com/iometer-tutorial-introduction -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help for Free: Bookmark this affiliate link, and use it when you shop at Amazon.com: http://amzn.to/29ylBtS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Social: Website | http://www.itechstorm.com Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/itechstorm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iometer is a computer/server IO utility used for the purpose of testing various storage metrics, troubleshooting purposes, and IO performance benchmark. It can be used for testing various forms of storage: iSCSI, NFS, CIFS (SMB), or locally attached hard drive. It shows real time results from testing and provides a summarized report upon completion of testing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quick Start Iometer Access Specifications to get you started: Exchange2003 - 4K - 80% Rnd - 60% Read Exchange2007 - 8K - 80% Rnd - 55% Read SQLServer / 16K - 100% Rnd - 66% Read Oracle OLTP - 8K - 88% Rnd - 72% Read Oracle Data Warehouse - 32K - 20% Rnd - 90% Read Max IOPS - 4K - 0% Rnd - 100% Read Max Throughput - 32K - 0% - 100% Read