iozone-read VMware testing on CentOS Linux 7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. iozone-read: Processor: 8 x Intel Xeon L5520 @ 2.27GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Memory: 4096 MB + 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 17GB Virtual disk + 1611GB Virtual disk + 215GB Virtual disk OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.4.4.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1672x1254, System Layer: VMware IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better iozone-read . 3845.92 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better iozone-read . 3333.63 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better iozone-read . 4405.88 |========================================================