IOPS


IOPS is the standard unit of measurement for I/O (Input/Output) operations per second. This measurement is a performance-based measurement and is usually seen written as:

Total IOPS: Average number of I/O operations per second.
Read IOPS: Average number of read I/O operations per second.
Write IOPS: Average number of write I/O operations per second.

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