W dniu 2012-06-21 18:19, Allen, Brandon pisze: > I've researched this more and was a little surprised by my findings so > figured I'd share them in case anyone else also finds them interesting and > hoping someone else will correct me if I'm wrong. The following article > explains the fact that the typical IOPS advertised or calculated for a given > disk is based on two major assumptions: > > http://www.qdpma.com/Storage/IoQueueDepthStrategy.html > > 1) Random IO is spread across the entire disk > 2) A queue length (aka depth) of 1 > Have You ever considered SLOB as a benchmark tool for such kind of tests ? http://kevinclosson.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/introducing-slob-the-silly-little-oracle-benchmark/ Orion has his drawbacks and can be misleading . Regards GregG -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l