xfs VMware testing on RedHatEnterpriseServer 6.5 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #1: Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 2048 MB + 1024 MB DRAM, Disk: 3 x 9GB Virtual disk + 4GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: RedHatEnterpriseServer 6.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: nfs, Screen Resolution: 1280x768, System Layer: VMware Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #2: Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 2048 MB + 1024 MB DRAM, Disk: 3 x 9GB Virtual disk + 4GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: RedHatEnterpriseServer 6.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: nfs, Screen Resolution: 1280x768, System Layer: VMware AIO-Stress 0.21 Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #1 . 101.87 |================================== Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #2 . 54.60 |================== SQLite 3.7.3 12,500 INSERTs Seconds < Lower Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #1 . 19.46 |======= Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #2 . 97.43 |=================================== FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #1 . 147.15 |================================== Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #2 . 16.95 |==== Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #1 . 89.39 |=================================== Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #2 . 17.06 |======= Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #1 . 108.70 |================================== Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #2 . 12.78 |==== Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #1 . 37.90 |=================================== Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #2 . 15.96 |=============== Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #1 . 18.30 |=================================== Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #2 . 16.06 |=============================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #1 . 92.75 |=================================== Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #2 . 82.86 |=============================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #1 . 18.02 |============ Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #2 . 53.93 |=================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #1 . 10.85 |===================== Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #2 . 18.52 |=================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #1 . 19.16 |========= Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #2 . 74.96 |=================================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #1 . 74.44 |=========================== Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #2 . 96.22 |=================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #1 . 86 |================= Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #2 . 191 |===================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #1 . 25.39 |============================= Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #2 . 30.76 |=================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #1 . 2154.44 |========================== Virtual disk - Intel Xeon E5645 #2 . 2732.83 |=================================