VM Comparison Virtualization Comparison Baremetal (ondemand): Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0TT740, Chipset: Intel 5000X MCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 1000GB PERC 6/i, Graphics: AMD ATI ES1000 128MB, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-37-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Baremetal (Performance): Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0TT740, Chipset: Intel 5000X MCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 1000GB PERC 6/i, Graphics: AMD ATI ES1000 128MB, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-37-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS): Processor: Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores), Memory: 14336MB, Disk: 60GB OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-37-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.1.2 Hypervisor KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS): Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 14336MB, Disk: 45GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-37-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600 KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS): Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.0 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 14336MB, Disk: 45GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-23-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600, System Layer: QEMU 1.0 LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS): Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0TT740, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 1000GB PERC 6/i, Graphics: 128MB OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-37-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools): Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 14336MB, Disk: 64GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-23-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools): Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 14336MB, Disk: 64GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-38-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools): Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 14336MB, Disk: 64GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-38-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 2571.17 |========================== Baremetal (Performance) .................. 2592.09 |=========================== Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 2618.00 |=========================== KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 2540.83 |========================== KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 698.74 |======= LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 2567.48 |========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 2635.50 |=========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 2611.84 |=========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 2613.16 |=========================== SQLite 3.7.3 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 10.65 | Baremetal (Performance) .................. 11.52 |= Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 15.70 |= KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 32.58 |== KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 24.80 |= LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 600.43 |============================ ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 20.49 |= ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 18.71 |= ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 18.62 |= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 134.38 |============================ Baremetal (Performance) .................. 135.63 |============================ Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 121.13 |========================= KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 124.75 |========================== KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 128.63 |=========================== LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 62.43 |============= ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 112.27 |======================= ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 112.10 |======================= ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 112.50 |======================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync Files/s > Higher Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 945.67 |============================ Baremetal (Performance) .................. 928.23 |=========================== Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 744.10 |====================== KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 953.93 |============================ KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 962.00 |============================ LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 930.87 |=========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 909.83 |========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 949.73 |============================ ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 942.63 |=========================== BlogBench 1.0 Test: Read Final Score > Higher Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 344940 |============================ Baremetal (Performance) .................. 345025 |============================ Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 326710 |=========================== KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 321802 |========================== KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 322967 |========================== LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 332072 |=========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 271151 |====================== ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 273386 |====================== ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 274919 |====================== hdparm Timed Disk Reads Disk To Read: /dev/sda MB/s > Higher Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 128.83 |========== Baremetal (Performance) .................. 128.85 |========== Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 121.76 |========= KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 116.53 |========= KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 378.66 |============================ LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 133.17 |========== ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 177.78 |============= ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 173.00 |============= ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 171.82 |============= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 32GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 139.47 |============================ Baremetal (Performance) .................. 137.92 |============================ Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 120.79 |======================== KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 132.24 |=========================== KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 92.43 |=================== LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 137.26 |============================ ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 116.23 |======================= ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 118.50 |======================== ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 118.23 |======================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 128.03 |============================ Baremetal (Performance) .................. 128.30 |============================ Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 117.75 |========================== KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 121.94 |=========================== KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 111.60 |======================== LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 126.75 |============================ ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 108.23 |======================== ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 107.22 |======================= ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 107.69 |======================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64kB - File Size: 32GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 139.23 |============================ Baremetal (Performance) .................. 138.92 |============================ Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 120.86 |======================== KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 133.86 |=========================== KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 65.67 |============= LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 137.37 |============================ ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 118.43 |======================== ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 118.76 |======================== ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 118.57 |======================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64kB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 128.53 |============================ Baremetal (Performance) .................. 128.70 |============================ Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 118.08 |========================== KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 122.25 |=========================== KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 120.00 |========================== LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 124.87 |=========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 108.29 |======================== ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 107.63 |======================= ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 107.28 |======================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Sequential Read - Size Per Thread: 1.024 MB - Thread Count: 32 - 64 k Block Size - Total 32 GB MB/s > Higher Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 91.70 |============================= Baremetal (Performance) .................. 91.89 |============================= Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 75.46 |======================== KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 85.58 |=========================== KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 64.02 |==================== LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 90.97 |============================= ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 75.67 |======================== ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 79.75 |========================= ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 79.77 |========================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 128 MB - Thread Count: 32 - 4 k Block Size - Total 4 GB MB/s > Higher Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 4248.86 |=========================== Baremetal (Performance) .................. 4222.69 |=========================== Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 1628.56 |========== KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 3436.15 |====================== KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 3628.25 |======================= LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 3560.32 |======================= ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 3546.89 |======================= ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 3043.71 |=================== ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 3292.29 |===================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 2 MB - Thread Count: 32 - 4 k Block Size - Total 64 MB MB/s > Higher Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 853.29 |========================= Baremetal (Performance) .................. 827.64 |========================= Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 647.35 |=================== KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 498.15 |=============== KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 138.29 |==== LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 915.80 |=========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 944.32 |============================ ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 723.99 |===================== ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 738.15 |====================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64 MB - Thread Count: 16 - 4 k Block Size - Total 1 GB MB/s > Higher Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 7.27 |============================== Baremetal (Performance) .................. 7.33 |============================== Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 6.96 |============================ KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 7.00 |============================= KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 6.78 |============================ LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 7.13 |============================= ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 6.42 |========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 6.44 |========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 6.45 |========================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Sequential Write - Size Per Thread: 128 MB - Thread Count: 32 - 4 k Block Size - Total 4 GB MB/s > Higher Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 126.83 |============================ Baremetal (Performance) .................. 125.90 |============================ Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 116.49 |========================== KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 121.12 |=========================== KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 120.50 |=========================== LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 124.11 |=========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 105.72 |======================= ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 106.15 |======================= ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 106.28 |======================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 353.40 |============================ Baremetal (Performance) .................. 353.87 |============================ Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 298.77 |======================== KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 288.82 |======================= KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 133.26 |=========== LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 338.46 |=========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 292.70 |======================= ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 297.00 |======================== ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 288.08 |======================= PostMark 1.51 NetApp Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 2395 |============================== Baremetal (Performance) .................. 2403 |============================== Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 1724 |====================== KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 1984 |========================= KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 1942 |======================== LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 2245 |============================ ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 2219 |============================ ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 2212 |============================ ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 2225 |============================ RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Triad - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 5157.28 |=========================== Baremetal (Performance) .................. 5156.48 |=========================== Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 3594.22 |=================== KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 4566.42 |======================== KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 5033.52 |========================== LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 5149.90 |=========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 4696.32 |========================= ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 4586.77 |======================== ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 3811.86 |==================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Triad - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 5317.75 |=========================== Baremetal (Performance) .................. 5321.30 |=========================== Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 3811.91 |=================== KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 5185.52 |========================== KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 5185.25 |========================== LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 5312.11 |=========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 4635.42 |======================== ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 3721.69 |=================== ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 4615.15 |======================= FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 3614.78 |=========================== Baremetal (Performance) .................. 3603.48 |=========================== Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 3573.96 |=========================== KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 3568.13 |=========================== KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 3593.49 |=========================== LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 3576.88 |=========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 3593.95 |=========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 3601.04 |=========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 3597.54 |=========================== Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2 Primate Phylogeny Analysis (Bayes) Seconds < Lower Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 23.67 |================== Baremetal (Performance) .................. 19.83 |=============== Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 30.21 |======================= KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 38.47 |============================= KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 35.55 |=========================== LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 24.86 |=================== ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 22.90 |================= ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 22.92 |================= ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 23.02 |================= CacheBench Test: Read / Modify / Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 14219.27 |========================== Baremetal (Performance) .................. 14225.03 |========================== Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 14098.96 |========================== KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 14159.84 |========================== KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 14147.34 |========================== LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 14218.59 |========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 14151.13 |========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 14177.79 |========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 14175.83 |========================== John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Password Hasing: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 6219 |============================== Baremetal (Performance) .................. 6240 |============================== Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 6064 |============================= KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 5926 |============================ KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 6144 |============================== LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 6240 |============================== ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 6151 |============================== ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 6049 |============================= ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 5968 |============================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 86.43 |============= Baremetal (Performance) .................. 85.25 |============= Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 103.98 |================ KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 182.91 |============================ KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 185.79 |============================ LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 87.28 |============= ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 108.42 |================ ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 109.10 |================ ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 109.15 |================ C-Ray 1.1 Raytracing, 1600x1200, 16 Threads, 8xAA Seconds < Lower Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 37.33 |============================ Baremetal (Performance) .................. 37.26 |============================ Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 38.28 |============================= KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 37.59 |============================ KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 37.58 |============================ LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 37.31 |============================ ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 37.57 |============================ ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 37.61 |============================ ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 37.59 |============================ Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 6.69 |========================== Baremetal (Performance) .................. 6.71 |========================== Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 7.19 |============================ KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 7.34 |============================= KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 7.68 |============================== LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 6.71 |========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 7.09 |============================ ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 7.12 |============================ ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 7.19 |============================ Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 15.90 |========================= Baremetal (Performance) .................. 15.77 |========================= Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 18.25 |============================= KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 17.64 |============================ KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 17.90 |============================ LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 16.07 |========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 17.29 |=========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 17.02 |=========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 16.99 |=========================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 10.30 |============================= Baremetal (Performance) .................. 10.29 |============================= Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 10.36 |============================= KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 10.36 |============================= KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 10.35 |============================= LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 10.25 |============================= ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 10.35 |============================= ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 10.32 |============================= ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 10.33 |============================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 23.37 |============================ Baremetal (Performance) .................. 23.35 |============================ Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 23.99 |============================= KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 23.59 |============================= KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 23.60 |============================= LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 23.38 |============================ ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 23.58 |============================= ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 23.50 |============================ ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 23.53 |============================ GnuPG 1.4.10 1GB File Encryption Seconds < Lower Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 12.20 |============================ Baremetal (Performance) .................. 12.21 |============================ Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 12.56 |============================= KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 12.30 |============================ KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 12.46 |============================= LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 12.19 |============================ ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 12.34 |============================ ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 12.31 |============================ ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 12.33 |============================ Mencoder 1.1 AVI To LAVC Seconds < Lower Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 37.31 |============================ Baremetal (Performance) .................. 37.37 |============================ Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 37.83 |============================= KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 37.85 |============================= KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 37.82 |============================= LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 37.41 |============================ ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 38.10 |============================= ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 37.84 |============================= ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 37.85 |============================= PyBench 2008-08-14 Python Benchmark Suite Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 2956 |============================= Baremetal (Performance) .................. 2938 |============================= Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 2973 |============================= KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 2976 |============================= KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 3038 |============================== LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 2960 |============================= ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 2972 |============================= ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 2969 |============================= ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 2965 |============================= PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 60426 |============================= Baremetal (Performance) .................. 60369 |============================= Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 58729 |============================ KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 59552 |============================= KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 58861 |============================ LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 59460 |============================= ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 59884 |============================= ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 59822 |============================= ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 59769 |============================= Cyclictest 0.84 Kernel Latency: POSIX Timer, Interval 500 ms, 100000 Loops ms Average < Lower Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 7 |=== Baremetal (Performance) .................. 6 |=== Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 71 |================================ KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 60 |=========================== KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 61 |=========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 28 |============= ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 32 |============== ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 29 |============= Cyclictest 0.84 Kernel Latency: POSIX Timer, Interval 10000 ms, 10000 Loops ms Average < Lower Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 10 |==== Baremetal (Performance) .................. 8 |==== Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 73 |================================ KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 61 |=========================== KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 58 |========================= ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 31 |============== ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 44 |=================== ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 29 |============= Cyclictest 0.84 Kernel Latency: clock_nanosleep TIME_ABSTIME, Interval 500 ms, 100000 Loops ms Average < Lower Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 6 |== Baremetal (Performance) .................. 5 |== Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 68 |============================ KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 53 |====================== KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 53 |====================== ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 23 |========== ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 77 |================================ ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 23 |========== Cyclictest 0.84 Kernel Latency: clock_nanosleep TIME_ABSTIME, Interval 10000 ms, 10000 Loops ms Average < Lower Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 8 |==== Baremetal (Performance) .................. 7 |=== Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 71 |================================ KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 59 |=========================== KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 59 |=========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 27 |============ ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 49 |====================== ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 28 |============= OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 61.70 |============================= Baremetal (Performance) .................. 61.50 |============================= Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 61.10 |============================= KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 61.37 |============================= KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 61.13 |============================= LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 61.70 |============================= ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 61.27 |============================= ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 61.43 |============================= ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 61.07 |============================= PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 PostgreSQL TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 2541.71 |=================== Baremetal (Performance) .................. 2596.37 |=================== Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 1379.47 |========== KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 1389.03 |========== KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 1359.17 |========== LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 3634.92 |=========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 1985.97 |=============== ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 2103.88 |================ ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 2115.34 |================ NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 14187.48 |====================== Baremetal (Performance) .................. 14174.44 |====================== Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 10100.59 |================ KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 14508.97 |====================== KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 15282.50 |======================== LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 11181.34 |================= ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 16907.19 |========================== ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 15798.48 |======================== ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 16290.46 |========================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Baremetal (ondemand) ..................... 14486.26 |========================== Baremetal (Performance) .................. 12787.70 |======================= Xen PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 9219.40 |================= KVM PV, cache=none (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) . 10814.30 |=================== KVM PV (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ............. 11346.78 |==================== LXC (on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) ................ 11201.48 |==================== ESXi 5.1.0 (no VM Tools) ................. 11292.32 |==================== ESXi 5.1.0 (Ubuntu OpenVM Tools) ......... 10868.93 |==================== ESXi 5.1.0 (VMWare Tools) ................ 10997.24 |====================