srvfms-54 Intel Xeon E5645 testing with RAID0 including 4 600GB SAS 15KRPM hard drives on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 RHEL6.1 bare metal: Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.40GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel S5520HC, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 4 x 2048 MB 1333MHz, Disk: 2396GB RS2BL040 + 2 x 2000GB Seagate ST32000641AS, Graphics: Matrox MGA G200e [Pilot] (SEP1), Network: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Connection OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago), Kernel: 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Display Driver: matrox, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal . 3042333 |================================================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal . 2986 |==================================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.2.17 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal . 26.99 |=================================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal . 8.25 |==================================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal . 9311.79 |================================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal . 10337.72 |================================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal . 55.47 |=================================================== IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal . 1387.70 |================================================= IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal . 5412.33 |================================================= SQLite 3.7.3 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal . 84.12 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal . 1535.22 |================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal . 6326.90 |================================================= AIO-Stress 0.21 Test: Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal . 361.24 |==================================================