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How do you use Disk Subsystem Benchmark Tool (SQLIO) to Measure Index Performance?

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How do you use Disk Subsystem Benchmark Tool (SQLIO) to Measure Index Performance?

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How do you use Disk Subsystem Benchmark Tool (SQLIO) to Measure Index Performance?

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The Knowledgebase Article: 16642:? How do you use SQLIO Disk Subsystem Benchmark Tool (SQLIO) explains how to use the Microsoft utility SQILIO to measure the general performance of disk I/O subsystems and its instructions specify the use of block sizes:? 32 KB 64 KB and 128 KB.


However these test block sizes may not accurately measure the disk ability to handle indexing activity since that activity uses a 4 KB block size and this smaller block imposes significantly more I/O overhead on the disk channel.? If you suspect that the index disk drive cannot keep up with the indexing load check it by using the following commands:

sqlio.exe -kW -t1 -s30 -b4 -dX (-dX is the disk drive parameter where the indexes are)

sqlio.exe -kR -t1 -s30 -b4 -dX

The difference here is the -b4 parameter which specifies a 4 KB block size.
Article Reference
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Applies to version(s):? 7.2
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Document number:
776843

Modified date:
08 December 2018

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