1) IOPs: 183.23 = 187.82 * (total disks in RAID 6 where my CIFS share exist) = 187.82 * 8 = ~ 1500 IOPs So is my current RAID 6 capable of handling ~ 1500 IOPs ? --> no. This is already the number of IOPS your RAID6 could handle in this specific test. This may vary when you modify the blocksize in your test.   2) MBpS: 96.07 So is my current RAID 6 CIFS Pool capable of handling ~ 96 MBpS of traffic? --> your RAID6 CIFS Pool in this Test-configuration was able to Handle 96MBpS. This can / could be limited by Network bandwidth available for your test. (you will get lower results with 100MBit/s network than 1GBit/s network or 10GBit/s network) this may also vary with the blocksize configured in the test.  3) Latency: 5.45 ms So my current RAID 6 can handle ~ 5.45 ms of latency, not below that? --> the average latency in this test was 5.45. Average means there were values above and below that.  I want to know by this test, taking into consideration above File size and read/write ratio;  1) How much max IOPs my CIFS share can handle ? depends on the blocksize of your test. 2) What is the worst latency ? -> see "maximum latency" in your results. 3) Maximum Bandwidth CIFS share can handle ? --> you mean throughput and this has some dependencies.  before using iometer you should think about what your workload is and how it "talks" to your storage. use this values to define a test to get valid results.
Hello, Can anyone please explain me exactly what the IOmeter results mean or how to interpret?  I have attached screenshot of the results that I have ran on;  1) CIFS File system 2) Existing on RAID6 NL-SAS  Created a File Share on the above File System > Mapped it to Windows machine from where I ran IOmeter  Ran against 512 kb with 70 % Read & 30 % Write ratio.  Difficulty is how shall I interpret results that IOmeter is showing;  Is it like below?  1) IOPs: 183.23 = 187.82 * (total disks in RAID 6 where my CIFS share exist) = 187.82 * 8 = ~ 1500 IOPs So is my current RAID 6 capable of handling ~ 1500 IOPs ?  2) MBpS: 96.07 So is my current RAID 6 CIFS Pool capable of handling ~ 96 MBpS of traffic?  3) Latency: 5.45 ms So my current RAID 6 can handle ~ 5.45 ms of latency, not below that?  I want to know by this test, taking into consideration above File size and read/write ratio;  1) How much max IOPs my CIFS share can handle ? 2) What is the worst latency ? 3) Maximum Bandwidth CIFS share can handle ?  Please help.  Thanks.
CIFS IOmeter results