Hello fellow members,
In an earlier discussion, I asked about methods for evaluating and comparing the performance of different storage solutions. While I received some helpful pointers, I'm still looking for more specific guidance in three areas:
- What benchmarking tools are most reliable for different storage types (e.g., HDD, SSD, NVMe, SAN, object storage)?
- How should I interpret and weigh the results across varied workloads (random vs sequential, read vs write, IOPS vs bandwidth)?
- What real‑world metrics matter most for typical application scenarios (virtualization, databases, big data analytics, backup/recovery)?
I’d greatly appreciate any practical advice, tool recommendations, or links to benchmarking guides that address these points. Thank you in advance for your insights!