Download article as PDF Be sure to read through the previous post for a quick introduction of IOPS. Suppose that you’re copying a 10GB file from one disk to another. Let us assume that the only bottleneck is the disks’ own IOPS, which in case is 120. We are also only focusing on the disk [...]
Download article as PDF IOPS stands for Input and Output Per Second. It is essentially a value that describes the raw capacity of a data storage system. It sets an expectation for performance. Some storage systems are said to be capable 120 IOPS and others 340 IOPS or much more. The number of IOPS, for [...]
