DRDB 2 x Intel Xeon E5606 testing with a Dell 00NH4P and Matrox MGA G200eW WPCM450 on Linux via the Phoronix Test Suite. Using both nodes: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5606 @ 2.13GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 00NH4P, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH9, Memory: 24576MB, Disk: 67GB PERC H700 + 1933GB PERC H700, Graphics: Matrox MGA G200eW WPCM450, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit OS: Linux, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: matrox, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4 Failed to one node: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5606 @ 2.13GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 00NH4P, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH9, Memory: 24576MB, Disk: 67GB PERC H700 + 1933GB PERC H700, Graphics: Matrox MGA G200eW WPCM450, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit OS: Linux, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: matrox, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4 LVM both nodes: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5606 @ 2.13GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 00NH4P, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH9, Memory: 24576MB, Disk: 67GB PERC H700 + 1933GB PERC H700, Graphics: Matrox MGA G200eW WPCM450, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit OS: Linux, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: matrox, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4 myiozone #1: Processor: Intel Xeon E5606 @ 2.13GHz (8 Cores), Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 28GB OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-28-server (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 800x600, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3 Hypervisor 2012-08-30 15:28: Processor: Intel Xeon E5606 @ 2.13GHz (1 Core), Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 28GB OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-28-server (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 800x600, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3 Hypervisor myiozone #2: Processor: 8 x Intel Xeon E5606 @ 2.13GHz (1 Core), Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 27GB OS: CentOS 5.5 (Final), Kernel: 2.6.18-274.3.1.el5xen (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.1.2 20080704, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 800x600, System Layer: Xen 3.1.2-194.17.4.el5 Hypervisor 2012-08-30 17:29: Processor: Intel Xeon E5606 @ 2.13GHz (1 Core), Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 27GB OS: CentOS 5.5 (Final), Kernel: 2.6.18-274.3.1.el5xen (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.1.2 20080704, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 800x600, System Layer: Xen 3.1.2-194.17.4.el5 Hypervisor Seagate ST31000524NS: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5606 @ 2.13GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X8DTG-QF, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 6 x 4096 MB Flash-1066MHz Hyundai, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST31000524NS + 7 x 3001GB Western Digital WD30EFRX-68A, Graphics: NVIDIA GF100 [Tesla C2050 / C2070], Audio: NVIDIA GPU 10 HDMI/DP, Network: Intel 82574L Gigabit Connection OS: openSUSE 12.2 (x86_64), Kernel: 3.4.33-2.24-desktop (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 SQLite 3.7.3 12,500 INSERTs Seconds < Lower Is Better Using both nodes ..... 45.68 |== Failed to one node ... 8.10 | LVM both nodes ....... 47.47 |== Seagate ST31000524NS . 1309.87 |=============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Using both nodes ... 131.19 |================================================ Failed to one node . 136.72 |================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Using both nodes ... 581.72 |============================================== Failed to one node . 637.73 |================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Using both nodes ... 851.59 |================================================ Failed to one node . 882.45 |================================================== IOzone 3.347 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Using both nodes ..... 162.44 |======================= Failed to one node ... 344.31 |================================================ Seagate ST31000524NS . 264.14 |===================================== IOzone 3.347 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Using both nodes ..... 4350.31 |=============================================== Failed to one node ... 4141.64 |============================================= Seagate ST31000524NS . 4090.63 |============================================ Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Using both nodes ..... 138.20 |================== Failed to one node ... 366.02 |================================================ LVM both nodes ....... 134.33 |================== Seagate ST31000524NS . 9.14 |= Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Using both nodes ..... 554.32 |============== Failed to one node ... 1828.30 |=============================================== Seagate ST31000524NS . 33.04 |= Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Using both nodes ..... 1004.65 |===================== Failed to one node ... 2209.23 |=============================================== Seagate ST31000524NS . 70.29 |= Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Using both nodes ..... 1062.24 |============================= Failed to one node ... 1737.41 |=============================================== Seagate ST31000524NS . 70.02 |== FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Using both nodes ... 61.90 |=============== Failed to one node . 204.48 |================================================== Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better Using both nodes ..... 3673.70 |=============================================== Failed to one node ... 3708.43 |=============================================== Seagate ST31000524NS . 2231.24 |============================ Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better Using both nodes ..... 12636.76 |============================================= Failed to one node ... 12915.44 |============================================== LVM both nodes ....... 23.00 | Seagate ST31000524NS . 11221.16 |======================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better Using both nodes ..... 2.10 |================== Failed to one node ... 2.11 |================== LVM both nodes ....... 5.96 |================================================== Seagate ST31000524NS . 4.34 |==================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Using both nodes ..... 2812 |=============================================== Failed to one node ... 2986 |================================================== LVM both nodes ....... 220 |==== Seagate ST31000524NS . 2746 |============================================== AIO-Stress 0.21 Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Using both nodes ..... 1672.93 |=============================================== Failed to one node ... 1677.64 |=============================================== Seagate ST31000524NS . 1559.11 |============================================ Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Using both nodes ... 17.03 |=================================================== Failed to one node . 16.88 |=================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better myiozone #1 .......... 114.64 |== 2012-08-30 15:28 ..... 121.13 |== myiozone #2 .......... 103.84 |== 2012-08-30 17:29 ..... 102.64 |= Seagate ST31000524NS . 3230.10 |=============================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better myiozone #1 .......... 94.45 |============================= 2012-08-30 15:28 ..... 87.97 |=========================== myiozone #2 .......... 156.06 |================================================ 2012-08-30 17:29 ..... 156.93 |================================================ Seagate ST31000524NS . 112.68 |==================================