winsat disk Command In Windows Server 2008
In this article I am going to explain about winsat disk Command in Windows Server 2008 operating system and also explain it's related syntax.
Introduction
This command used for measures the performance of a storage device, to understand it we have read these type of assessment :
- A sequential or random read assessment.
- A sequential or random write assessment.
- A write flush policy test.
Syntax
winsat disk <-seq|-ran> <-read|-write> <-n <disk identification number>|-drive <drive letter>> <optional parameters>
winsat disk flush <-n <disk identification number>|-drive <drive letter>> |
Parameter |
Description |
-flush |
Assess disk performance in write policy flush mode. Cannot be used in combination with -seq, -ran, -write, or -read. |
-seq |
Assess sequential IO performance. Cannot be used in combination with -ran or -flush. |
-ran |
Assess random IO performance. Cannot be used in combination with -seq or -flush. |
-read |
Assess read performance. Cannot be used in combination with -write or -flush. |
-write |
Identify by physical disk identification number which disk should be assessed. Cannot be used in combination with -drive.. |
-n <disk identification number> |
Identify by drive letter which disk should be assessed. Cannot be used in combination with -n. |
Example
This example assesses the sequential I/O read performance of drive C:
winsat disk -seq -read -drive c |
This example assesses the random I/O write performance of drive number 2:
winsat disk -ran -write -n 2 |
This example assesses the flush performance of drive C:
winsat disk -flush -drive c |
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