a2 VMware testing on OracleServer 6.7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Virtual disk: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 @ 2.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 16384 MB DRAM, Disk: 172GB Virtual disk + 537GB Virtual disk + 107GB Virtual disk + 4398GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: OracleServer 6.7, Kernel: 3.8.13-68.3.4.el6uek.x86_64 (x86_64), Display Driver: vmware 13.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 25523.67 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 103.53 |======================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 14214.35 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 128MB - Thread Count: 8 MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 184.64 |========================================================