hi VMware testing on CentOS 6.1 (Final) via the Phoronix Test Suite. no: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2667 0 @ 2.90GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 21GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: CentOS 6.1 (Final), Kernel: 2.6.32-358.6.2.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.5 20110214, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware hi: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2667 0 @ 2.90GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 21GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: CentOS 6.1 (Final), Kernel: 2.6.32-358.6.2.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.5 20110214, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better no . 236.70 |================================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better hi . 173.85 |================================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better hi . 151.78 |================================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better hi . 163.32 |==================================================================