Use dd command to monitor the reading and writing performance of a disk
device:
- Open a shell prompt.
- Or login to a remote server via ssh.
Use the dd command to measure server throughput (write speed)
dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/test1.img bs=1G count=1 oflag=dsync
Use the dd command to measure server latency
dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/test2.img bs=512 count=1000 oflag=dsync
ref:
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-linux-unix-test-disk-performance-with-
dd-command/