Vdbench AlternativesBenchmark Tools and other similar apps like Vdbench

Vdbench is described as 'Disk and tape I/O workload generator for verifying data integrity and measuring performance of direct attached and network connected storage on Windows, Solaris, Linux, AIX, OS/X and HP/UX' and is a Benchmark tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Vdbench for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, BSD, Mac and Self-Hosted apps. The best Vdbench alternative is CrystalDiskMark, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Vdbench are KDiskMark, Blackmagic Disk Speed Test, fio and Iometer.

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  1. CrystalDiskMark icon

    CrystalDiskMark

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    Versatile benchmarking utility to assess drive performance, offering rapid sequential/random speed tests, easy-to-read results, multilingual support, and more, all in a free package.

    41 CrystalDiskMark alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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    • CrystalDiskMark is the most popular Windows alternative to Vdbench.

    • CrystalDiskMark is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Vdbench.

    • CrystalDiskMark is Free and Open SourceVdbench is also Free and Open Source
    • CrystalDiskMark is Lightweight and Privacy focusedVdbench is not according to our users
  2. KDiskMark icon

    KDiskMark

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    A simple open-source disk benchmark tool for Linux distros.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
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    • KDiskMark is the most popular Linux alternative to Vdbench.

    • KDiskMark is Free and Open SourceVdbench is also Free and Open Source
    • KDiskMark is LightweightVdbench is not according to our users
  4. Blackmagic Disk Speed Test icon

    Blackmagic Disk Speed Test

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    Disk Speed Test is an easy to use tool to quickly measure and certify your disk performance for working with high quality video! Simply click the start button and Disk Speed Test will write test your disk using large blocks of data, and then display the result.

    24 Blackmagic Disk Speed Test alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • Blackmagic Disk Speed Test is the most popular Mac alternative to Vdbench.

    • Blackmagic Disk Speed Test is Free and ProprietaryVdbench is Free and Open Source
  5. fio icon

    fio

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    fio is an I/O tool meant for both for benchmark and stress/hardware verification. It has support for many different types of I/O engines, I/O priorities (on newer Linux kernels), rate limited I/O, forked or threaded jobs and much more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  6. Iometer icon

    Iometer

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    As the Iometer Users Guide says, Iometer is an I/O subsystem measurement and characterization tool for single and clustered systems. It was originally developed by the Intel Corporation and announced at the Intel Developers Forum (IDF) on February 17, 1998 - since then it got...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Diskspd icon

    Diskspd

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    A feature-rich and versatile storage testing tool, Diskspd (version 2.0.17) combines robust and granular IO workload definition with flexible runtime and output options, creating an ideal tool for synthetic storage subsystem testing and validation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. InchWest DiskMark icon

    InchWest DiskMark

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    Test the performance of your flash (pen/usb), solid state, hard disk drives in just 60 seconds.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • InchWest DiskMark is the most popular commercial alternative to Vdbench.

    • InchWest DiskMark is Paid and ProprietaryVdbench is Free and Open Source
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    IOzone

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    IOzone is a filesystem benchmark tool. The benchmark generates and measures a variety of file operations.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  11. SQLIO

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    SQLIO is a tool provided by Microsoft which can also be used to determine the I/O capacity of a given configuration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     

  12. Cold-cache Sequential I/O Benchmark

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    CCSIO Benchmark measures maximum sequential read/write speed that is realistically achievable for a given file system location, including local drives, remote network shares, virtual/pseudo devices such as RAM disks and encrypted file containers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  13. Load DynamiX icon

    Load DynamiX

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    2U load generation appliance, also runs under a VM, A leading commercial performance validation product for networked storage infrastructure. We help companies reduce risk and save millions of dollars by aligning storage deployment decisions to application workload performance...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
     

    • Load DynamiX is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Vdbench.

    • Load DynamiX is Paid and ProprietaryVdbench is Free and Open Source
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