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Portland Linux/Unix Group: Fun with blktrace and seekwatcher

Portland State University FAB, Room 86-09
1900 SW Fourth Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97201, US (map)

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Building is at 4th and College. Room 86-01 is in the basement, take the elevator or stairs down to basement and follow the signs.

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                             PRESENTATION

                               Fun with
                     "blktrace" and "seekwatcher"

                                  by

                        M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
                          <[email protected]>


 blktrace is a command that generates traces of the i/o 
 traffic on block devices such as hard drives.

 seekwatcher generates graphs from blktrace runs to help 
 visualize IO patterns and performance. It can plot multiple 
 blktrace runs together, making it easy to compare the differences 
 between different benchmark runs.

 Ed will show us how to install and use these cool tools.

Note: (1) Randal Schwartz will do a live cast of this presentation at: http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/25652 You can follow along if you have a web browser, and if you register, you can also participate in the chat, and Randal might relay your questions to the speaker. The recording of the session will be available afterward at the same address.

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