DiskSpd vs dperf
DiskSpd
github.comdperf
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| Figure | DiskSpd | dperf |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Disk Benchmark Software | 7.9 (#9) | 7.7 (#13) |
| Spec score · PC Benchmark Software | 8.1 (#25) | 7.9 (#31) |
| Spec score · PC benchmark tools | 7.7 (#41) | 7.4 (#58) |
| Founded | 2020 | 2014 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Headquarters | Redmond, Washington, USA | Redwood City, California, United States |
| License | The repository uses the MIT License, which grants permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, sublicense, and sell copies of the software subject to its conditions. | The project is released under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0. |
| Purpose | DiskSpd is a storage load generator and performance test tool from Microsoft engineering teams. | dperf is a drive benchmarking utility for identifying storage bottlenecks and performance outliers across multiple drives. |
| Support | The repository directs users to GitHub Issues to report DiskSpd problems. | The README directs users to GitHub Issues and lists MinIO Sales as the contact for enterprise support. |
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In their own words
dperf
dperf is a Linux command-line utility for benchmarking drives to identify storage bottlenecks and performance outliers. It runs tests on multiple drives simultaneously and ranks them by throughput. Measurements use O_DIRECT to bypass the operating system page cache. Users can configure block size, file size, and concurrent I/O operations per drive. Results report read and write throughput, with verbose mode adding per-drive statistics alongside aggregate totals. The tool supports sequential tests, but not random I/O tests, IOPS measurement, or latency measurement. Its README describes deployment as Kubernetes Jobs, CronJobs, or DaemonSets for storage validation, as well as automated checks in CI/CD pipelines. Temporary space requirements are based on file size multiplied by I/O operations per drive for each drive. dperf requires Linux, a kernel and filesystem supporting direct I/O, and write access to target directories. Prebuilt binaries are listed for amd64, arm64, ppc64le, and s390x. It is free under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0.