IOMeter v2006.07.27 – IOps
Iometer is an I/O subsystem measurement and characterization tool for single and clustered systems. It was originally developed by the Intel Corporation and announced at the Intel Developers Forum (IDF) on February 17, 1998 – since then it got wide spread within the industry.
Meanwhile Intel has discontinued to work on Iometer and it was given to the Open Source Development Lab (OSDL). In November 2001, a project was registered at SourceForge.net and an initial drop was provided. Since the relaunch in February 2003, the project is driven by an international group of individuals who are continuesly improving, porting and extend the product.
The LE rode right along side of its cousin throughout our IOMeter testing, matching its performance in lock-step. Queue depths up to about 16 are typical for heavy use, and the two Sandforce models sit neatly between Intel G1 and G2 speeds.
This was the first appearance of the C300 in our charts, and while we will cover it in greater detail later in its own review, it was worth noting that even when limited to SATA 3Gb/sec speeds, it still managed to perform very well in our Web Server test.
