Technical Terms - Hardware (A-Z) - IOPS

What does IOPS stand for?

• Input/Output Processing Speed

• Input/Output Operations Per Second

• Input/Output Storage Metric

• Input/Output Performance System

What does the IOPS value indicate?

• The storage capacity of a device

• The physical size of a storage device

• The performance of a storage device or network

• The number of operations a device can perform in one minute

Which type of IOPS value is helpful when copying a large number of files from another drive?

• Sequential read IOPS

• Random write IOPS

• Sequential write IOPS

• Random read IOPS

What type of drive has significantly higher IOPS values than HDDs?

• External hard drives

• CD-ROM drives

• SSDs

• Floppy disks

What is the primary factor that affects SSD speed?

• IOPS value

• Latency

• Storage capacity

• Durability

What is rarely viewed as an important metric in SSD performance?

• Latency

• Throughput

• Storage capacity

• IOPS

What is the IOPS value of a modern SSD compared to a hard drive spinning at 7200 RPM?

• 90

• 1 million

• 100,000

• 1,000

Which type of flash drives have IOPS measurements above one million?

• Low-end flash drives

• Mid-range flash drives

• High-end flash drives

• USB flash drives

What are the other metrics that may be used along with IOPS to measure overall performance?

• Capacity and speed

• Latency and throughput

• Size and weight

• Color and design

What is the main difference between SSDs and HDDs in terms of IOPS?

• SSDs have a physical drive head

• HDDs have higher IOPS values

• SSDs can perform more read/write operations per second

• HDDs are more durable