Cloud Platform Evaluation
2 x Intel Xeon E5540 testing with a Dell 0N582M and Matrox MGA G200eW WPCM450 on Ubuntu 10.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Ukko Cluster: 

	Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5540 @ 2.53GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0N582M, Chipset: Intel 5500 I/O + ICH9, Memory: 8 x 4096 MB, Disk: 80GB FUJITSU MHZ2080B, Graphics: Matrox MGA G200eW WPCM450, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709S Gigabit

	OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-28-server (x86_64), Display Driver: matrox, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4

OpenStack Large: 

	Processor: QEMU Virtual 0.12.3 @ 2.53GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Qumranet Virtio, Memory: 1 x 8704 MB RAM, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+

	OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-28-generic-pae (i686), Display Driver: cirrus, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext3, System Layer: QEMU


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Ukko Cluster .... 3526 |=======================================================
OpenStack Large . 55   |=


AIO-Stress 0.21
Test: Random Write
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ukko Cluster .... 1566.82 |====================================================
OpenStack Large . 4.21    |


Apache Benchmark 2.2.17
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ukko Cluster .... 14196.78 |===================================================
OpenStack Large . 3781.87  |==============


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ukko Cluster .... 74  |================
OpenStack Large . 255 |========================================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 2.6.25
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ukko Cluster .... 189.39 |================
OpenStack Large . 626.31 |=====================================================


7-Zip Compression 9.13
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Ukko Cluster .... 17336 |======================================================
OpenStack Large . 6915  |======================


John The Ripper 1.7.8
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Ukko Cluster .... 726 |========================================================
OpenStack Large . 378 |=============================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ukko Cluster .... 10.98 |====================================
OpenStack Large . 16.67 |======================================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ukko Cluster .... 30.32 |=============================================
OpenStack Large . 36.37 |======================================================


John The Ripper 1.7.8
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Ukko Cluster .... 2813333 |====================================================
OpenStack Large . 2383667 |============================================


Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Copy
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ukko Cluster .... 9611.06 |====================================================
OpenStack Large . 8634.86 |===============================================


Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Scale
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ukko Cluster .... 9007.95 |====================================================
OpenStack Large . 8183.02 |===============================================


Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Triad
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ukko Cluster .... 10024.64 |===================================================
OpenStack Large . 9142.77  |===============================================


Stream 2009-04-11
Type: Add
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Ukko Cluster .... 9598.98 |====================================================
OpenStack Large . 8779.48 |================================================


NGINX Benchmark 0.8.53
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ukko Cluster .... 11147.40 |===================================================
OpenStack Large . 10717.88 |=================================================


Loopback TCP Network Performance
Time To Transfer 10GB Via Loopback
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ukko Cluster .... 21.92  |==========
OpenStack Large . 120.22 |=====================================================


John The Ripper 1.7.8
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Ukko Cluster .... 12443 |======================================================
OpenStack Large . 7970  |===================================


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ukko Cluster .... 6.58  |===============
OpenStack Large . 23.11 |======================================================