mysql-frost 2 x Intel Xeon E5620 testing with a Dell 0F0XJ6 and Matrox MGA G200eW WPCM450 on Ubuntu 11.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. disk: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5620 @ 2.39GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0F0XJ6, Chipset: Intel 5500 I/O + ICH9, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2999GB PERC 6/i, Graphics: Matrox MGA G200eW WPCM450, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better disk . 16.51 |================================================================= SQLite 3.7.3 12,500 INSERTs Seconds < Lower Is Better disk . 402.74 |================================================================ Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better disk . 18125.87 |============================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better disk . 211.34 |================================================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better disk . 62.58 |================================================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better disk . 55.85 |================================================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better disk . 168.68 |================================================================ IOzone 3.347 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better disk . 132.74 |================================================================ IOzone 3.347 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better disk . 37.18 |================================================================= Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better disk . 280.00 |================================================================ Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better disk . 59.55 |================================================================= Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better disk . 36.77 |================================================================= Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better disk . 25.84 |================================================================= FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better disk . 88.93 |================================================================= Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better disk . 1441.43 |=============================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better disk . 5541.48 |=============================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better disk . 2.27 |================================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better disk . 545 |=================================================================== AIO-Stress 0.21 Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better disk . 14.95 |================================================================= Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better disk . 14.70 |=================================================================