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ABOUT IOMETER
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IOMETER is an I/O subsystem measurement and characterization tool for
single and clustered systems.  Iometer is pronounced "eye-OM-i-ter," to
rhyme with "thermometer." Iometer does for a computer's I/O subsystem
what a dynamometer does for an engine: it measures performance under a
controlled load.  Iometer was formerly known as "Galileo."

Iometer is both a workload generator (that is, it performs I/O
operations in order to stress the system) and a measurement tool (that
is, it examines and records the performance of its I/O operations and
their impact on the system).  It can be configured to emulate the disk
or network I/O load of any program or benchmark, or can be used to
generate entirely synthetic I/O loads.  It can generate and measure
loads on single or multiple (networked) systems.

Iometer can be used for measurement and characterization of:

 * Performance of disk and network controllers. 
 * Bandwidth and latency capabilities of buses. 
 * Network throughput to attached drives. 
 * Shared bus performance. 
 * System-level hard drive performance. 
 * System-level network performance.

For more information, see the documentation in the ZIP file.  Send
questions or comments to "iometer@intel.com".

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OBTAINING IOMETER
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The latest version of Iometer, including the documentation, can be
obtained from the Intel Developers' Web Site at the following URL:

    http://developer.intel.com/design/servers/devtools/iometer/ 

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IOMETER DISTRIBUTION AND USE POLICY
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If you use Iometer, you agree to be bound by the Intel Software License
Agreement that is displayed the first time you run a new version of
Iometer.  Some important terms of the agreement are highlighted below:

1. You may not give a copy of Iometer or its documentation to anyone else.
2. Iometer is provided "as-is", without warranty or guarantee of any kind.
3. Intel does not endorse, support, or guarantee Iometer performance results.

YOU MAY NOT GIVE IOMETER TO ANYONE ELSE, including other people at your
company, but you personally can make and use as many copies as you like.
If someone asks you for a copy of Iometer, tell them to download it from
our web site.  We ask this in order to make sure that everyone has the
latest version of Iometer.

IOMETER IS PROVIDED "AS-IS", but we want it to be useful to you.
If you have any bug reports or feature requests, send them to
"iometer@intel.com".  We cannot promise to fix any bugs or provide
any requested features, but we will at least read and respond to your
mail.  Be sure to include all information necessary to reproduce the
problem, including the version number of Iometer.  If you aren't using
the current version, you will be asked to reproduce the problem using
the current version before any action is taken on the bug report.

INTEL DOES NOT ENDORSE, SUPPORT, OR GUARANTEE PERFORMANCE RESULTS
OBTAINED USING IOMETER.  This means that you can do anything you want
with the results, including presenting them to the public and using them
in advertising, but Intel is not liable for any damages resulting from
such use.  Any Iometer results that are presented to the public should
be accompanied by the following statement: "These results were obtained
using Iometer version <xx.xx.xx>, Copyright <date> by Intel Corporation.
Intel does not endorse any Iometer results."

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WHAT'S IN THIS ARCHIVE
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This ZIP archive (Iometer.zip) contains the following files:

README.txt      This file.

RevHist.txt     Information on the current version of Iometer and the
                history of changes from previous versions.

License.txt     The Intel Software License Agreement which you must
                accept before using Iometer.

FAQ.txt         Frequently Asked Questions about Iometer, with answers.

Wrkloads.icf    Access specifications representing several common
                workloads.  Use the Load button on the toolbar to load
                this file.

Iometer.exe     Iometer (manager/GUI) executable.

Dynamo.exe      Dynamo (workload generator client) executable.

Wizard.mdb      Import and Graph Wizard: imports Iometer results files
                into a database, and creates user-specified graphs from
                the database.  Requires MS Access 97 and MS Excel 97.

Docs            Directory containing documentation:

                    Docs\Iometer.pdf   Iometer User's Guide in Adobe
                                       Acrobat format (best for
                                       printing).

                    Docs\Iometer.htm   Iometer User's Guide in HTML
                                       format (best for online
                                       reading).

                    Docs\Image*.gif    Images used by Iometer.htm.

Solaris         Directory containing the Solaris* version of Dynamo:

                    Solaris\dynamo     Dynamo executable for Solaris
                                       (Intel Architecture only, not
                                       SPARC).

                    Solaris\README.txt Supplement to the Iometer User's
                                       Guide with Solaris-specific
                                       information.

To uncompress and extract the ZIP file, you will need a ZIP program such
as WinZip* (which can be obtained from http://www.winzip.com/).

To view the documentation in Adobe Acrobat format, you will need Adobe*
Acrobat* Reader (http://www.adobe.com/acrobat/).

To view the documentation in HTML format, you will need a web browser
such as Netscape* Navigator* (http://www.netscape.com/) or Microsoft
Internet Explorer (http://www.microsoft.com/ie/).

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The information in this file is provided by Intel as a convenience to
Intel's general customer base.  Intel assumes no responsibility for any
errors which may appear in the document nor does it make a commitment to
update the information contained herein.

* Third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners.
