SN#22735 A Better Benchmarking Tool: vdbench vs. dd(1M)
John J. McLaughlin
Vol 143 Issue 3 2010-01-21 Article 22735 from section "Performance"
For the Most Part, vdbench Is the Winner
Although it was never intended by its developers to be used as a
benchmarking tool, the dd utility -- a simple, basic utility -- is
nevertheless frequently used as a sequential workload generator for
quick tests, writes Lisa Noordergraaf in the blog "Pitfalls of
Benchmarking Flash with dd(1M)." She recommends vdbench as an
alternative.
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