# IOPing
Plugin: ioping.plugin
Module: ioping.plugin
## Overview
Monitor IOPing metrics for efficient disk I/O latency tracking. Keep track of read/write speeds, latency, and error rates for optimized disk operations.
Plugin uses `ioping` command.
This collector is supported on all platforms.
This collector supports collecting metrics from multiple instances of this integration, including remote instances.
### Default Behavior
#### Auto-Detection
This integration doesn't support auto-detection.
#### Limits
The default configuration for this integration does not impose any limits on data collection.
#### Performance Impact
The default configuration for this integration is not expected to impose a significant performance impact on the system.
## Metrics
Metrics grouped by *scope*.
The scope defines the instance that the metric belongs to. An instance is uniquely identified by a set of labels.
### Per disk
This scope has no labels.
Metrics:
| Metric | Dimensions | Unit |
|:------|:----------|:----|
| ioping.latency | latency | microseconds |
## Alerts
The following alerts are available:
| Alert name | On metric | Description |
|:------------|:----------|:------------|
| [ ioping_disk_latency ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/health/health.d/ioping.conf) | ioping.latency | average I/O latency over the last 10 seconds |
## Setup
### Prerequisites
#### Install ioping
You can install the command by passing the argument `install` to the plugin (`/usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/ioping.plugin install`).
### Configuration
#### File
The configuration file name for this integration is `ioping.conf`.
You can edit the configuration file using the `edit-config` script from the
Netdata [config directory](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/configure/nodes.md#the-netdata-config-directory).
```bash
cd /etc/netdata 2>/dev/null || cd /opt/netdata/etc/netdata
sudo ./edit-config ioping.conf
```
#### Options
Config options
| Name | Description | Default | Required |
|:----|:-----------|:-------|:--------:|
| update_every | Data collection frequency. | 1s | False |
| destination | The directory/file/device to ioping. | | True |
| request_size | The request size in bytes to ioping the destination (symbolic modifiers are supported) | 4k | False |
| ioping_opts | Options passed to `ioping` commands. | -T 1000000 | False |
#### Examples
##### Basic Configuration
This example has the minimum configuration necessary to have the plugin running.
Config
```yaml
destination="/dev/sda"
```