Difference between revisions of "Iometer"

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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.
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Here I give an example how to make [http://www.iometer.org/ IOMeter] run on Linux. Note that the GUI ("iometer") only exists for Windows while the Linux packages only contain the backend ("dynamo"). To get it going I used [http://wiki.linuxintro.org/wiki/Wine WinE] 1.3.32 on Kubuntu Linux 11.10 x64 and IOMeter 2006.07.27 for Windows. I did not use the source code nor the Linux binaries.
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* Install some wine dependencies
 
  sudo apt-get install gcc flex bison xserver-xorg-dev libfreetype6-dev make
 
  sudo apt-get install gcc flex bison xserver-xorg-dev libfreetype6-dev make
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* Install wine
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wget http://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/system/emulators/wine/wine-1.3.32.tar.bz2
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bunzip2 wine-1.3.32.tar.bz2
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tar xvf wine-1.3.32.tar
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cd wine-1.3.32
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./configure && make && make install
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* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/iometer/files/iometer-stable/2006-07-27/iometer-2006.07.27.win32.i386-setup.exe/download download IOMeter from sourceforge]
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cd
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wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/iometer/iometer-stable/2006-07-27/iometer-2006.07.27.win32.i386-setup.exe
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* install IOMeter like this
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cd
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wine iometer-2006.07.27.win32.i386-setup.exe
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* Start dynamo
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cd
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cd ".wine/drive_c/Program Files/Iometer.org/Iometer 2006.07.27"
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wine Dynamo.exe
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* start IOMeter
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wine Iometer.exe
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* delete all workers but one by clicking onto "Disconnect Selected Worker or Manager"
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* select "Access Specifications" -> 512B; 100% Read; 0% random -> Add
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* select "Disk Targets" -> Maximum Disk Size -> 5000 Sectors
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* select a target. In this example, let's just choose C:.
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* select Test Setup -> Run Time -> 2 Seconds
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* click on "Start Tests"
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* as file name, enter example -> Ok
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* find your data at ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Iometer.org/Iometer 2006.07.27/example.csv
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= TroubleShooting =
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dynamo prints debugging output that is quite usable and understandable.
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= Usability Problems =
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* what is a worker? Why do you need more than one? This could be a lot clearer by a simple tooltip.
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* why do you delete a worker by clicking on "Disconnect Selected Worker or Manager"
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* what is a manager? Why do I need to know?
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= See also =
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* [[tutorials]]
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[[Category:Blogs]]
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[[Category:Howtos]]
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[[Category:Projects]]

Revision as of 20:22, 7 November 2011

IOMeter running under WinE (click to enlarge).

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"). To get it going I used WinE 1.3.32 on Kubuntu Linux 11.10 x64 and IOMeter 2006.07.27 for Windows. I did not use the source code nor the Linux binaries.

  • Install some wine dependencies
sudo apt-get install gcc flex bison xserver-xorg-dev libfreetype6-dev make
  • Install wine
wget http://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/system/emulators/wine/wine-1.3.32.tar.bz2
bunzip2 wine-1.3.32.tar.bz2
tar xvf wine-1.3.32.tar
cd wine-1.3.32
./configure && make && make install
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 dynamo
cd
cd ".wine/drive_c/Program Files/Iometer.org/Iometer 2006.07.27"
wine Dynamo.exe
  • start IOMeter
wine Iometer.exe
  • 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 C:.
  • 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

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?

See also