Using Iometer to Verify ioDrive Performance on Windows

To set up an ioDrive to work with Iometer, follow the steps below.

1.Ensure that you have the latest driver and latest firmware for the target ioDrive.

2.For best results, make sure you are using a capable quad-core or higher CPU.

3.Load Iometer and add at least eight threads and 64 outstanding I/O’s per target, as shown below.

Figure 18 – Adding threads to the target ioDrive in Iometer

4.Select the drive to test for each thread.

Figure 19 – Adding threads to the target ioDrive in Iometer

5.Click the Access Specifications tab and select the test you want to run.

Figure 20 – Selecting a test from Access Specifications

6.Modify the test configuration according to the test criteria.

In this case, the configuration is set measure 1MB sequential throughput.

Figure 21 – Changing the test configuration

7.Select the Access Specification for each worker thread.

Figure 22 – Setting the Access Specification for a thread

8.Adjust the slider bar to set the Update Frequency to one second.

Figure 23 – Setting the Update Frequency

9.Click the Save button and save the test configuration file.

Figure 24 – Saving the test configuration file

10.Run the configured test to fill the drive with data and get results.

Figure 25 – Iometer test results