ioping Monitor I/O latency in real time. Show disk I/O latency using the default values and the current directory: ioping . Measure latency on /tmp using 10 requests of 1 megabyte each: ioping -c 10 -s 1M /tmp Measure disk seek rate on /dev/sda: ioping -R /dev/sda Measure disk sequential speed on /dev/sda: ioping -RL /dev/sda