Tag: Throughput
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Chris Engelbert
Aug 07th, 2025 | 7 min read
Storage Tail Latency Matters: The Silent Killer
When we talk about storage performance, we typically think of IOPS and throughput. In the best case, we also talk about average or best-case access latency. However, tail latency, the high-percentile
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Chris Engelbert
May 22nd, 2025 | 13 min read
Benchmark Network-Attached Storage – It’s Harder Than You Think
TLDR: Many factors influence benchmarks for network-attached storage. Latency and throughput limitations, as well as protocol overhead, network congestion, and caching effects, may create much better
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Chris Engelbert
Apr 24th, 2024 | 14 min read
IOPS vs Throughput vs Latency – Storage Performance Metrics
IOPS, throughput, and latency are interrelated metrics that provide insight into the read, write, and access performance of storage entities and network interconnects. Measuring the performance of a s
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