Microbenchmark storage performance with fio on Arm

About this Learning Path

Who is this for?

This is an introductory topic for developers looking to optimize storage performance, reduce costs, identify bottlenecks, and evaluate storage options when migrating applications across platforms.

What will you learn?

Upon completion of this learning path, you will be able to:

• Describe data flow through storage devices.
• Monitor storage performance using tools like iostat, iotop, and pidstat.
• Run fio to microbenchmark a block storage device.

Prerequisites

Before starting, you will need the following:

• An Arm-based instance from a cloud service provider or an Arm Linux server.
• Familiarity with Linux.