IOMeter is an I/O subsystem measurement and characterization tool for single and clustered systems. It is used as a benchmark and troubleshooting tool and is easily configured to replicate the behaviour of many popular applications
IOMeter is a great way of measuring your disk io performance with http://vmktree.org/iometer a nice way to check if your system is performing optimally and to compare your results with others
The IOmeter Real Life – OpenPerformanceTest.icf (8GB) – use 8KB blocks and perform 65% read and 35% write actions for 2 minutes in a 40% sequential way and thus 60% random way
To use IOMeter on a linux server
# ./dynamo -i 192.168.1.7 -m 192.168.1.2
where 192.168.1.7 is the IP@ of the windows pc running IOMeter. 192.168.1.2 is IP@ of the linux server running dynamo