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HowTo Install Flexible I/O (Fio) for Storage Benchmarking I/O Testing

Source:https://i0.wp.com/www.virtono.com/community/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/handson-lab-how-to-unleash-your-storage-performance-by-using-nvm-express-based-pci-express-solidstate-drives-30-638.jpg?fit=638%2C359&ssl=1https://community.mellanox.com/s/article/howto-install-flexible-i-o–fio–for-storage-benchmarking-i-o-testingThis post discusses the download, compilation, and use of Flexible I/O (fio) package for I/O benchmarking. References Performance Tuning for Mellanox Adapters GitHub – Flexible I/O Tester Flexible I/O tester – Linux man page Configuration 1. Download the latest fio package. #…

Best practices for expanding or replacing disk arrays

No matter how much storage capacity you squeeze into a disk array, it’s just a matter of time until that space is completely filled. Users everywhere are challenging existing storage resources with applications that proliferate media-hungry data files. It’s enough…