Information about the package, ioping, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ioping package is designed for, Simple disk I/O latency monitoring tool.
Package Name:
ioping
Summary:
Simple disk I/O latency monitoring tool
Description:
ioping lets you monitor I/O latency in real time. It shows disk latency in the same way as ping shows network latency.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.0
Release:
1.el6
Size:
32 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the ioping package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ioping
This command will install ioping on the server.
yum remove ioping
This command will un-install ioping on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ioping, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ioping
This command will un-install ioping on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ioping when using the -y flag.
yum update ioping
This command will update ioping to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ioping, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ioping
This command will update ioping to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ioping when using the -y flag.
yum info ioping
This command will show you core information about the ioping package.
yum deplist ioping
This command will show you the dependencies for ioping. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update ioping
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ioping. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.