What is the difference between IOPS and Throughput?

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calvin stephen · Accepted Answer

IOPS (Input/Output Operations Per Second) measures how many individual read and write operations a storage system can perform every second. It's a count of operations, regardless of their size, and is especially important for workloads with lots of small, random requests (like databases). Throughput is the amount of data transferred to and from the storage per second, usually measured in MB/s or GB/s. It reflects how much total data can be moved, and is more important for workloads dealing with large, sequential files (like backups or big data processing).

What is the difference between IOPS and Throughput?

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