N TESTDEV, UTILITIES, (VAX & Alpha) Disk exerciser and read-performance measurer  J  TestDev issues a specified number of read IO's to a disk and computes theI  average data access time and related statistics of the collected sample. H  It can be used to check the operation and performance of block-orientedJ  IO caching products or as a benchmark between different physical devices.    The main features are:   9  o  Ability to perform random or sequential access scans.   6  o  Ability to select logical or physical seek ranges.  6  o  Ability to perform parallel (multi-threaded) IO's.  M  Please consult the file AAREADME.1ST and the help documentation for complete N  details. Check Internet sites FTP.WKU.EDU or FTP.SPC.EDU (or mirrors of theseG  sites) for eventual updates of this software. This kit is version 2.2.   L  Complete source code included. Provided executables linked on VAX/VMS 5.4-2  and OpenVMS AXP 6.2.   O ===============================================================================     THE AUTHOR                            L  Comments, suggestions, questions and/or potential code-modifications can be  directed to the author:    Stephane Germain   )  via E-Mail at:  germain@eisner.decus.org   <  (Support and development on a "time-permitting" basis only)  O ===============================================================================     COPYRIGHT NOTICE   O  This software is COPYRIGHT  1990-1997, Stephane Germain. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. M  Permission is granted for not-for-profit redistribution, provided all source N  and object code remain unchanged from the original distribution, and that all!  copyright notices remain intact.     DISCLAIMER   J  This software is provided "AS IS". The author makes no representations orN  warranties with respect to the software and specifically disclaim any impliedE  warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose.   O =============================================================================== 