The data transfer rate or throughput is the rate at which data can be read from or written to the storage device and is typically measured in MB/s. Storage adapters, connectivity, and array controllers will need to support the storage throughput requirements.
Calculating storage throughput
How to do it...
Throughput should be calculated to ensure that the storage controllers and disk can support the required data transfer rates. Throughput is also used to correctly size the storage connectivity bandwidth.
To calculate storage throughput requirements, perform the following steps:
- Determine the IO size of the workload
- Determine the number of IOPS required to support the workload
- Calculate the throughput required
