To ensure a STEP environment meets Stibo Systems’ operating requirements, SPOT provides a mechanism to run a benchmark on an application server that measures I / O throughput against associated file systems and network latency between STEP’s application server(s) and the database server.
Typically, Stibo Systems Technical Support will request that these tests be run if they feel that the STEP system is not performing optimally. Results from these tests are automatically sent to Stibo Systems via the Updates server.
On Linux platforms, please note that the benchmark tool is dependent upon the FIO package, which can either be installed via a YUM repository or downloaded from Stibo Systems Updates server if not currently present on the system. If the package is not installed, SPOT will prompt you with instructions. Because it will take several minutes to perform the benchmark tests, it is best to execute them when STEP is not running.
Run SPOT benchmark
- Go to the directory where STEP is installed. The default path is /opt/stibo/step
- Run the SPOT command as follows:
./spot --benchmark