What tools/utilities do you use to generate metrics on disk i/o throughput on Solaris. For example, if I want to see the i/o rate of random or sequential r/w.
"iostat" and/or "zpool iostat" if you are on a zpool. also you can use dtrace if you are on solaris 10.
Is there a tool to generate i/o load, such as hdparm in linux?