RE: Disk benchmark

2009-11-09 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Yeah I neglected… it should be per spindle. -sc From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 7:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Disk benchmark Wouldn't it be "disk queue length >= N, where N = the number of spindles?

Re: Disk benchmark

2009-11-09 Thread Sean Martin
Wouldn't it be "disk queue length >= N, where N = the number of spindles? - Sean On Nov 9, 2009, at 3:37 PM, "Steven M. Caesare" wrote: > Not a 3rd party tool, but take a look at disk queue length in > PerfMon. Continued session with the value >=1 indicates that I/O > requests are bei

RE: Disk benchmark

2009-11-09 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Not a 3rd party tool, but take a look at disk queue length in PerfMon. Continued session with the value >=1 indicates that I/O requests are being issued faster than they can be retired -sc From: Glen Johnson [mailto:gjohn...@vhcc.edu] Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 1:32 PM To: NT Syste

RE: Disk benchmark

2009-11-09 Thread Ziots, Edward
...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 From: Joe Tinney [mailto:jtin...@lastar.com] Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 2:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disk benchmark Microsoft SQLIO. No reboot, single executable. Command line. From: Glen Johnson

RE: Disk benchmark

2009-11-09 Thread Joe Tinney
Microsoft SQLIO. No reboot, single executable. Command line. From: Glen Johnson [mailto:gjohn...@vhcc.edu] Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 1:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Disk benchmark I've got a couple servers here that don't seem to be as responsive as I think they should be

RE: Disk benchmark

2009-11-09 Thread TS
Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disk benchmark Dang. Can't type. Obviously that should have been perfmon. From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 1:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disk benchmark Permon dis

RE: Disk benchmark

2009-11-09 Thread Richard Stovall
Dang. Can't type. Obviously that should have been perfmon. From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 1:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disk benchmark Permon disk counters. Interpreting the results is a bit

RE: Disk benchmark

2009-11-09 Thread Richard Stovall
Permon disk counters. Interpreting the results is a bit of a black art, but as always Google is your friend. From: Glen Johnson [mailto:gjohn...@vhcc.edu] Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 1:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Disk benchmark I've got a couple servers here that don'

RE: Disk benchmark

2009-11-09 Thread Sam Cayze
I have used PassMark in the past. Not sure if it's the best/most accurate, but I like how it works. From: Glen Johnson [mailto:gjohn...@vhcc.edu] Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 12:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Disk benchmark I've got a couple se