Iometer Tutorial (Part 1) - IO Testing, Benchmark, Troubleshooting Tool

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Uploaded by on Sep 6, 2011

Iometer Introduction tutorial on how to configure basic settings and run a proper disk benchmark. iTechStorm Article:
http://www.itechstorm.com/iometer-tutorial-introduction

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.

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  • Great video! Please keep them coming. I'm new to I/O testing and need to test what my servers are currently consuming. I will be virtualizing all of them and want to estimate what I/O I need for my central SAN storage. How would I do that? Probably getting an Equallogic or Compellent SAN from Dell. Thanks

  • @yiggie First thing first... You need to baseline your current IO configuration. I would create a few scenarios in Iometer to mirror activity on the server. Because a file server is different than an email server is different than a database server. For your purposes graphing IO activity over a typical work week may be more appropriate for gauging overall IO requirements. An easy place to start would be using Windows Perfmeter to log "Physical Disk" activity for a period of time.

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  • Ho do you test Write I/Os

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