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 . 2731.50 |======================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 2022.78 |======================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 1225.05 |======================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 1612.44 |======================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 1961.87 |======================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 1625.69 |======================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 308.71 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 394.36 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 336.29 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 269.00 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 329.68 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 349.04 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 2391.78 |======================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 2442.78 |======================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 2393.28 |======================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 2594.19 |======================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 2157.62 |======================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 475.75 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 399.57 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 334.07 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 386.50 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 325.03 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 2515.94 |======================================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 496.25 |========================================================