In the thread http://lowendtalk.com/discussion/19618/simplercloud-1-month-review, @eLohkCalb wrote "Stop abusing "dd", use ioping instead".
So far, I understand that DD will sacrifice a lot of CPU and IO of the host node. One of my providers recommends that I should DD only once or twice a day. My question is can we do ioping every hour?
I am looking for a way to know how fast the IO "hourly" without affecting IO of my "neighbors".