nexenta-nfs 2 x Intel Xeon L5640 testing with a Supermicro X8DTT v2.0 and Matrox MGA G200eW WPCM450 on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. nfs over nexenta: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon L5640 @ 2.27GHz (24 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X8DTT v2.0, Chipset: Intel 5500 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 12 x 8192 MB DDR3-1333MHz Samsung, Disk: 2 x 500GB Western Digital WD5003ABYX-0, Graphics: Matrox MGA G200eW WPCM450, Network: Intel 82576 Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-36-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: nfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better nfs over nexenta . 2276.49 |=================================================== SQLite 3.7.3 12,500 INSERTs Seconds < Lower Is Better nfs over nexenta . 99.06 |===================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better nfs over nexenta . 38.17 |===================================================== Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better nfs over nexenta . 55.91 |===================================================== Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better nfs over nexenta . 83.47 |===================================================== Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better nfs over nexenta . 89.54 |===================================================== Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better nfs over nexenta . 18.31 |===================================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better nfs over nexenta . 101.98 |==================================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better nfs over nexenta . 89.90 |===================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better nfs over nexenta . 5836.20 |=================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better nfs over nexenta . 9.11 |====================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better nfs over nexenta . 24.16 |===================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better nfs over nexenta . 4.26 |====================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better nfs over nexenta . 25.45 |===================================================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better nfs over nexenta . 154.26 |==================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better nfs over nexenta . 140 |======================================================= Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better nfs over nexenta . 20.10 |=====================================================