Iometer

Spec sheet

Purpose

Iometer is an I/O subsystem measurement and characterization tool for single and clustered systems.Read 11 Oct 2026 · iometer.org

Support

The installation notes direct users with installation or compilation problems to the iometer-user mailing list.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

License

The Iometer and Dynamo executables are distributed under the Intel Open Source License.Read 11 Oct 2026 · iometer.org

Additional component license

The iomtr_kstat kernel module is distributed under the GNU Public License.Read 11 Oct 2026 · iometer.org

Component license

The iomtr_kstat kernel module and other future independent components are distributed under the GNU Public License.Read 11 Oct 2026 · iometer.org

Components

Iometer has two major components, Iometer and Dynamo, and both need to be installed.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Development

The project says it is driven by an international group of individuals who improve and port the product.Read 11 Oct 2026 · iometer.org

Downloads

SourceForge lists version 1.1.0 Windows installers and binaries, documentation, and source downloads.Read 11 Oct 2026 · sourceforge.net

Intended audience

SourceForge lists developers, IT users, science and research users, and system administrators as the intended audience.Read 11 Oct 2026 · sourceforge.net

Known issues

The project maintains a known-issues page with workarounds, including an issue where Dynamo on Linux with glibc 2.3 or higher may segfault after a test.Read 11 Oct 2026 · iometer.org

Linux support

The project's known issues page documents Dynamo issues on Linux, including an IA32 segmentation fault with Red Hat 9.Read 11 Oct 2026 · iometer.org

Origin

Iometer was originally developed by Intel and announced at the Intel Developers Forum on February 17, 1998.Read 11 Oct 2026 · iometer.org

Platform support

The installation notes say Dynamo runs on Windows, Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, and Netware; Iometer itself runs in a Windows environment.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Project history

After Intel discontinued work on Iometer, it was given to the Open Source Development Lab; the project was registered at SourceForge in November 2001.Read 11 Oct 2026 · iometer.org

Solaris support

The known issues page documents a Dynamo segmentation fault on Solaris/SPARC when multiple swap devices are configured.Read 11 Oct 2026 · iometer.org

Test results

The project’s screenshots show results and a tachometer during a running stress test.Read 11 Oct 2026 · iometer.org

Windows interface

The project describes screenshots of its native Windows GUI, including workload configuration and running stress tests.Read 11 Oct 2026 · iometer.org

Workload setup

The Windows GUI includes Access Specifications for defining the workload.Read 11 Oct 2026 · iometer.org

Where Specifiction places it

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