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IOzone
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<p>IOzone is a file system benchmark utility. Originally made by William Norcott, further enhanced by Don Capps and others. </p><p>Source code is available from iozone.org. It does <a href="/facts/Mmap/QCtfjG5u">mmap</a>() file I/O and uses <a href="/facts/POSIX_Threads/S8oH6pI9">POSIX Threads</a>. </p><p>It won the 2007 Infoworld Bossie Awards for Best file I/O tool. </p><p>The Windows version of IOzone uses <a href="/facts/Cygwin/0ANCmAgH">Cygwin</a>. Builds are available for AIX, BSDI, <a href="/facts/HP-UX/hIvLDdJF">HP-UX</a>, IRIX, <a href="/facts/FreeBSD/RKsFTm7F">FreeBSD</a>, <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a>, <a href="/facts/OpenBSD/xmPS9tek">OpenBSD</a>, <a href="/facts/NetBSD/PTm5HWls">NetBSD</a>, OSFV3, OSFV4, OSFV5, <a href="/facts/SCO_OpenServer/MuIplPGX">SCO OpenServer</a>, Solaris, <a href="/facts/Mac_OS_X/Y93vVpTm">Mac OS X</a>, Windows (95/98/Me/NT/2K/XP). </p><p>It is available as a test profile in the <a href="/facts/Phoronix_Test_Suite/UvK56oPf">Phoronix Test Suite</a>. </p>