IOPS

IOPS, or Input/Output Operations Per Second, is a performance measurement used to evaluate the speed at which a storage device, such as a hard disk drive (HDD), solid-state drive (SSD), or storage area network (SAN), can read and write data. IOPS indicates how many read and write operations a storage device can handle in one second. This metric is especially important in environments where high-speed data access is required, such as databases, virtualization, and cloud computing.