measure io performance using iometer :
http://www.linuxintro.org/wiki/Iometer
Fedora 16 x32
- install wget
- download IOMeter
cd wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/iometer/iometer-stable/2006-07-27/iometer-2006_07_27.linux.i386-bin.tgz
- unpack it
cd tar xvzf iometer-2006_07_27.linux.i386-bin.tgz
- start the dynamo backend
cd iometer-2006_07_27.linux.i386-bin/src ./dynamo &
- install wine
yum install wine
- confirm with y when asked
- download IOMeter from Sourceforge
cd wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/iometer/iometer-stable/2006-07-27/iometer-2006.07.27.win32.i386-setup.exe
- install IOMeter:
cd wine iometer-2006.07.27.win32.i386-setup.exe
- start IOMeter:
cd cd ".wine/drive_c/Program Files/Iometer.org/Iometer 2006.07.27" wine Iometer.exe
Use Iometer
- delete all workers but one by clicking onto "Disconnect Selected Worker or Manager"
- select "Access Specifications" -> 512B; 100% Read; 0% random -> Add
- select "Disk Targets" -> Maximum Disk Size -> 5000 Sectors
- select a target. In this example, let's just choose sdh.
- select Test Setup -> Run Time -> 2 Seconds
- click on "Start Tests"
- as file name, enter example -> Ok
- find your data at ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Iometer.org/Iometer 2006.07.27/example.csv
- or click on "Results Display":
