Difference between revisions of "Iometer"
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| − | <metadesc>How to set up IOMeter to run on Linux in 10 minutes. Tested on SUSE, Ubuntu and Fedora.</metadesc> | + | <metadesc>How to download and set up IOMeter to run on Linux in 10 minutes. Tested on SUSE, Ubuntu and Fedora.</metadesc> |
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|[[image:Snapshot-iometer.png|right|thumb|451px|IOMeter running under WinE (click to enlarge).]] | |[[image:Snapshot-iometer.png|right|thumb|451px|IOMeter running under WinE (click to enlarge).]] | ||
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cd iometer-2006_07_27.linux.i386-bin | cd iometer-2006_07_27.linux.i386-bin | ||
./dynamo | ./dynamo | ||
| − | + | <ul> | |
| − | + | <li /> Install wine | |
| + | <ul> | ||
| + | <li /> for SUSE: | ||
yast -i wine | yast -i wine | ||
| − | + | <li /> for Debian, Ubuntu, Flubuntu, Kubuntu and Edubuntu: | |
apt-get install wine | apt-get install wine | ||
| − | + | <li /> for Fedora and Red Hat: | |
yum install wine | yum install wine | ||
| − | + | </ul> | |
| + | <li /> [http://sourceforge.net/projects/iometer/files/iometer-stable/2006-07-27/iometer-2006.07.27.win32.i386-setup.exe/download download | ||
| + | </ul> | ||
| + | IOMeter (the front-end) from sourceforge] | ||
cd | cd | ||
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/iometer/iometer-stable/2006-07-27/iometer-2006.07.27.win32.i386-setup.exe | wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/iometer/iometer-stable/2006-07-27/iometer-2006.07.27.win32.i386-setup.exe | ||
Revision as of 21:04, 15 December 2014
IOMeter is a disk I/O benchmark. You can measure e.g. your harddisk's speed for 4K block size, 50% read, 0% random and so on.
Here I give an example how to make IOMeter run on Linux. Note that the GUI ("iometer") only exists for Windows while the Linux packages only contain the backend ("dynamo"). Here is how to do it using WinE and IOMeter 2006.07.27 for Windows. Find out your distribution and proceed accordingly
Install IOMeter
No matter if you are running 64bit Linux or 32bit, to install and start IOMeter under Linux do the following:
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 ./dynamo
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Install wine
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for SUSE:
yast -i wine
for Debian, Ubuntu, Flubuntu, Kubuntu and Edubuntu:
apt-get install wine
for Fedora and Red Hat:
yum install wine
IOMeter (the front-end) 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 like this
cd wine iometer-2006.07.27.win32.i386-setup.exe
- Start wine
cd cd ".wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/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":
TroubleShooting
dynamo prints debugging output that is quite usable and understandable.
Usability Problems
- what is a worker? Why do you need more than one? This could be a lot clearer by a simple tooltip.
- why do you delete a worker by clicking on "Disconnect Selected Worker or Manager"
- what is a manager? Why do I need to know?
