Measuring storage performance is a critical skill for anyone managing modern IT infrastructure. Yet, with so many variables and tools, it’s easy to get lost or draw the wrong conclusions. This hands-on, one-hour workshop provides a practical, no-nonsense guide to storage performance benchmarking, designed for storage admins, cloud builders, and solution architects.

In this fast-paced session, you will learn the essential principles of storage performance measurement, including what key parameters to focus on and which common mistakes to avoid. We’ll dive into the most important metrics—IOPS, throughput, and latency—and show you how to read and interpret benchmark results to accurately assess system capabilities.

The core of this workshop is a practical, hands-on session where you’ll use the industry-standard tool, FIO (Flexible I/O Tester), in a provided virtual environment. You’ll walk away with the ability to:
Design effective benchmark tests for your specific workloads.
Execute tests using industry-standard tools.
Analyze results to identify performance bottlenecks.
Make data-driven decisions about your storage infrastructure.
Join us to understand storage performance and make informed choices about your systems. This is a great chance to get the skills you need to measure storage performance.

Prerequisites: Participants should have a basic understanding of storage concepts and mid-level Linux administration skills. Please bring your own laptop.