I/O Basics

In general, I/O requirements for JADE systems related to stable media are very similar to those published for Microsoft SQL Server products. These requirements are discussed at length at http://technet.microsoft.com/en‑us/library/cc966500.aspx.

Microsoft publishes a utility, SQLIOSim, which simulates SQL Server activity on a disk subsystem. This utility is discussed at and can be downloaded from https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/231619. We recommend that you use this utility as part of verification that your operating system environment and hardware configuration meets minimum basic requirements. More information about the utility is available at https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/sql-server-support/how-it-works-sqliosim-checksums/ba-p/315463.

Note that a successful result using the SQLIOSim utility with a specific configuration does not provide any assurance that writes will be persisted on disk under all conditions such as system reset and power interruption. For critical applications, you may need to conduct additional testing to include such conditions, in order to establish a high level of confidence in your configuration.