Simple definition
Storage throughput measures the amount of data transferred per unit of time, commonly expressed in MB/s or GB/s.
Purpose and use
Storage throughput is the amount of data transferred per unit of time under stated test conditions.
How does it work?
It depends on I/O size, concurrency, sequential or random access and caching.
Example and verification
Compare reading and writing separately with representative workloads and corresponding latency.
Points to watch
High throughput does not guarantee quick responses for small operations. MB/s and Mb/s are not equivalent units.
In short
Throughput, latency and operation count describe complementary performance dimensions.