Hi!<br><br>Use a simple test:<br>time dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/test-hd bs=1M count=1000<br><br>Sysbench:<br><a href="http://sysbench.sourceforge.net/docs/#fileio_mode">http://sysbench.sourceforge.net/docs/#fileio_mode</a><br>
<br>And this:<br><a href="http://assets.en.oreilly.com/1/event/27/Linux%20Filesystem%20Performance%20for%20Databases%20Presentation.pdf">http://assets.en.oreilly.com/1/event/27/Linux%20Filesystem%20Performance%20for%20Databases%20Presentation.pdf</a><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/5/5 Matt Keating <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:keatster@gmail.com">keatster@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
What is the best way to benchmark disk IO?<br>
<br>
I&#39;m looking to move one of my servers, which is rather IO intense. But<br>
not without first benchmarking the current and new disk array, To make<br>
sure this isn&#39;t a full waste of time.<br>
<br>
thanks<br>
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