flexible_IO_test VMware testing on Ubuntu 13.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Virtual disk: Processor: Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 86GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Test: Example Network Job Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better Virtual disk . 13.44 |========================================================= Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better Virtual disk . 341.63 |========================================================