Sunday, June 1, 2014


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":
"Results Display" under IOMeter.