ssvena VMware testing on CentOS 6.6 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Virtual disk: Processor: 8 x Intel Xeon X5650 @ 2.66GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 16384 MB DRAM, Disk: 107GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: CentOS 6.6, Kernel: 2.6.32-504.30.3.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: vmware 13.0.1, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.2, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050, System Layer: VMware IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 2151.75 |======================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 1515.54 |======================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 1672.50 |======================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 1783.35 |======================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 1708.40 |======================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 1854.43 |======================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 380.58 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 341.31 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 381.17 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 279.79 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 311.14 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 359.20 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 2398.32 |======================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 2551.26 |======================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 2513.65 |======================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 2297.66 |======================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 2277.57 |======================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 295.39 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 342.81 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 665.67 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 727.18 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 645.06 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 2672.60 |======================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 738.80 |========================================================