server-virtualization Common KVM testing with a Bochs and Cirrus Logic GD 5446 on SUSE LINUX 11 via the Phoronix Test Suite. sles11-proxmox-kvm #1: Processor: Common KVM @ 2.31GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB RAM, Disk: 97GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: SUSE LINUX 11, Kernel: 3.0.13-0.27-default (x86_64), Display Driver: cirrus 1.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.3, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 800x600 centos6-proxmox-kvm: Processor: Common KVM @ 2.31GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB RAM, Disk: 50GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: CentOS 6.4, Kernel: 2.6.32-358.6.1.el6.centos.plus.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4 sles11-proxmox-kvm #2: Processor: Common KVM @ 2.31GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB RAM, Disk: 97GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: SUSE LINUX 11, Kernel: 3.0.13-0.27-default (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.6.5, Display Driver: cirrus 1.2.1, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11.2, Compiler: GCC 4.3, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1280x800 2012-05-10 10:20: Processor: Common KVM @ 2.91GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB RAM, Disk: 17GB QEMU HDD, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-38-server (x86_64), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 640x480 2012-05-27 13:38: Processor: Common KVM @ 2.91GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB RAM, Disk: 18GB QEMU HDD, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-38-server (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 640x480 2012-05-26 11:55: Processor: Common KVM @ 2.91GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB RAM, Disk: 18GB QEMU HDD, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-38-server (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 640x480 2012-05-24 11:48: Processor: Common KVM @ 2.91GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB RAM, Disk: 18GB QEMU HDD, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-38-server (x86_64), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 640x480 2012-05-23 11:45: Processor: Common KVM @ 2.91GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB RAM, Disk: 17GB QEMU HDD, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-38-server (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 640x480 testpvelocalsata: Processor: Common KVM @ 2.13GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB RAM, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Debian Linux 6.0.7, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-686 (i686), Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4 IOzone 3.405 Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better sles11-proxmox-kvm #1 . 179.67 |=============================================== centos6-proxmox-kvm ... 152.41 |======================================== sles11-proxmox-kvm #2 . 164.50 |=========================================== testpvelocalsata ...... 73.98 |=================== IOzone 3.405 Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better sles11-proxmox-kvm #1 . 58.98 |====================================== centos6-proxmox-kvm ... 74.94 |================================================ sles11-proxmox-kvm #2 . 69.02 |============================================ testpvelocalsata ...... 73.39 |=============================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better sles11-proxmox-kvm #1 . 491 |================ centos6-proxmox-kvm ... 1486 |================================================= sles11-proxmox-kvm #2 . 535 |================== testpvelocalsata ...... 355 |============ SQLite 3.7.3 12,500 INSERTs Seconds < Lower Is Better 2012-05-10 10:20 . 119.06 |============================================ 2012-05-27 13:38 . 139.69 |==================================================== 2012-05-26 11:55 . 90.67 |================================== 2012-05-24 11:48 . 90.35 |================================== 2012-05-23 11:45 . 94.76 |=================================== testpvelocalsata . 25.21 |========= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better 2012-05-10 10:20 . 72.04 |==================================================== 2012-05-27 13:38 . 72.03 |==================================================== 2012-05-26 11:55 . 62.26 |============================================= 2012-05-24 11:48 . 73.53 |===================================================== 2012-05-23 11:45 . 65.15 |=============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better 2012-05-10 10:20 . 114.89 |=============================================== 2012-05-27 13:38 . 120.12 |================================================== 2012-05-26 11:55 . 78.07 |================================ 2012-05-24 11:48 . 125.89 |==================================================== 2012-05-23 11:45 . 82.62 |================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better 2012-05-10 10:20 . 149.18 |========================================= 2012-05-27 13:38 . 171.47 |=============================================== 2012-05-26 11:55 . 148.18 |========================================= 2012-05-24 11:48 . 188.86 |==================================================== 2012-05-23 11:45 . 167.75 |============================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better 2012-05-10 10:20 . 132.64 |================================================= 2012-05-27 13:38 . 137.79 |=================================================== 2012-05-26 11:55 . 83.19 |=============================== 2012-05-24 11:48 . 140.09 |==================================================== 2012-05-23 11:45 . 88.39 |================================= IOzone 3.405 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better 2012-05-10 10:20 . 78.27 |====================== 2012-05-27 13:38 . 79.96 |======================= 2012-05-26 11:55 . 173.18 |================================================== 2012-05-24 11:48 . 81.82 |======================= 2012-05-23 11:45 . 181.10 |==================================================== Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better 2012-05-10 10:20 . 85.39 |=========================================== 2012-05-27 13:38 . 78.66 |======================================= 2012-05-26 11:55 . 98.96 |================================================== 2012-05-24 11:48 . 103.89 |==================================================== 2012-05-23 11:45 . 98.15 |================================================= Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better 2012-05-10 10:20 . 159.49 |========================================== 2012-05-27 13:38 . 123.46 |================================ 2012-05-26 11:55 . 182.94 |================================================ 2012-05-24 11:48 . 198.23 |==================================================== 2012-05-23 11:45 . 181.86 |================================================ Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better 2012-05-10 10:20 . 210.23 |================================================= 2012-05-27 13:38 . 134.55 |=============================== 2012-05-26 11:55 . 211.81 |================================================= 2012-05-24 11:48 . 189.68 |============================================ 2012-05-23 11:45 . 225.00 |==================================================== Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better 2012-05-10 10:20 . 215.86 |=================================================== 2012-05-27 13:38 . 134.36 |================================ 2012-05-26 11:55 . 212.00 |================================================== 2012-05-24 11:48 . 155.03 |===================================== 2012-05-23 11:45 . 220.61 |==================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better 2012-05-10 10:20 . 50.22 |============================================ 2012-05-27 13:38 . 52.82 |============================================== 2012-05-26 11:55 . 47.37 |========================================= 2012-05-24 11:48 . 60.97 |===================================================== 2012-05-23 11:45 . 48.32 |========================================== Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better 2012-05-10 10:20 . 1078.43 |========================================== 2012-05-27 13:38 . 1311.12 |=================================================== 2012-05-26 11:55 . 971.87 |====================================== 2012-05-24 11:48 . 1020.64 |======================================== 2012-05-23 11:45 . 918.33 |==================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better 2012-05-10 10:20 . 22.17 |============================= 2012-05-27 13:38 . 20.30 |========================== 2012-05-26 11:55 . 37.38 |================================================ 2012-05-24 11:48 . 32.76 |========================================== 2012-05-23 11:45 . 41.16 |===================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better 2012-05-10 10:20 . 5.77 |================================ 2012-05-27 13:38 . 6.07 |================================== 2012-05-26 11:55 . 5.24 |============================= 2012-05-24 11:48 . 9.75 |====================================================== 2012-05-23 11:45 . 5.66 |=============================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better 2012-05-10 10:20 . 1359 |================================================= 2012-05-27 13:38 . 1447 |==================================================== 2012-05-26 11:55 . 1488 |===================================================== 2012-05-24 11:48 . 1137 |========================================= 2012-05-23 11:45 . 1509 |====================================================== AIO-Stress 0.21 Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better 2012-05-10 10:20 . 75.48 |========================================== 2012-05-27 13:38 . 79.94 |============================================ 2012-05-26 11:55 . 44.03 |======================== 2012-05-24 11:48 . 95.96 |===================================================== 2012-05-23 11:45 . 45.25 |========================= Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better 2012-05-10 10:20 . 29.89 |============================================= 2012-05-27 13:38 . 29.93 |============================================= 2012-05-26 11:55 . 28.48 |=========================================== 2012-05-24 11:48 . 35.18 |===================================================== 2012-05-23 11:45 . 28.91 |============================================