FNOX FIO Disk Benchmarks Virtual and Physical Appliance Disk Performance Testing physical-ssd-raid1: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 @ 3.20GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 00YJ423, Memory: 1 x 16384 MB 2133MHz Hynix, Disk: 959GB ServeRAID M5210 OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.4.5.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 V7000gen2-ssd-raid1: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2660 0 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Memory: 1 x 16384 MB DRAM, Disk: 21GB Virtual disk + 11GB Virtual disk OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware V7000-hdd-raid10: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2660 0 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Memory: 1 x 16384 MB DRAM, Disk: 21GB Virtual disk + 11GB Virtual disk OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware physical-ibm840-fc: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 @ 3.20GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 00YJ423, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 1 x 16384 MB 2133MHz Hynix, Disk: 959GB ServeRAID M5210 + 2 x 2199GB FlashSystem-9840, Graphics: Matrox s G200eR2, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit PCIe OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.4.5.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 kvm-ibm840-directsync: Processor: 4 x Intel Core (Haswell) @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Red Hat KVM, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB RAM, Disk: 50GB, Audio: QEMU ID 22 OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: KVM kvm-ibm840-nocache: Processor: 4 x Intel Core (Haswell) @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Red Hat KVM, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB RAM, Disk: 50GB, Audio: QEMU ID 22 OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: KVM kvm-ibm840-writeback: Processor: 16 x Intel Core (Haswell) @ 2.40GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Red Hat KVM, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB RAM, Disk: 50GB, Audio: QEMU ID 22 OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: KVM kvm-ibm840-writethrough: Processor: 16 x Intel Core (Haswell) @ 2.40GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Red Hat KVM, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB RAM, Disk: 50GB, Audio: QEMU ID 22 OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: KVM vmware-ssd-raid1: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 @ 2.40GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DRAM, Disk: 21GB Virtual disk + 107GB Virtual disk OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1672x1254, System Layer: VMware vmware-ibm840-fc: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 @ 2.40GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DRAM, Disk: 21GB Virtual disk + 107GB Virtual disk OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1672x1254, System Layer: VMware vmware-ibm840-switch: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DRAM, Disk: 21GB Virtual disk + 107GB Virtual disk OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1672x1254, System Layer: VMware Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /root/pgdisk - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better physical-ssd-raid1 ...... 114194 |========================= V7000gen2-ssd-raid1 ..... 63222 |============== V7000-hdd-raid10 ........ 5954 |= physical-ibm840-fc ...... 102232 |======================= kvm-ibm840-directsync ... 101992 |======================= kvm-ibm840-nocache ...... 102184 |======================= kvm-ibm840-writeback .... 201065 |============================================= kvm-ibm840-writethrough . 202347 |============================================= vmware-ssd-raid1 ........ 123895 |============================ vmware-ibm840-fc ........ 100541 |====================== vmware-ibm840-switch .... 100869 |====================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /root/pgdisk - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better physical-ssd-raid1 ...... 492.39 |============================ V7000gen2-ssd-raid1 ..... 255.90 |============== V7000-hdd-raid10 ........ 28.53 |== physical-ibm840-fc ...... 408.98 |======================= kvm-ibm840-directsync ... 406.19 |======================= kvm-ibm840-nocache ...... 408.82 |======================= kvm-ibm840-writeback .... 767.17 |=========================================== kvm-ibm840-writethrough . 795.22 |============================================= vmware-ssd-raid1 ........ 494.28 |============================ vmware-ibm840-fc ........ 402.36 |======================= vmware-ibm840-switch .... 403.78 |======================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /root/pgdisk - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better physical-ssd-raid1 ...... 35868 |======== V7000gen2-ssd-raid1 ..... 40641 |========== V7000-hdd-raid10 ........ 13827 |=== physical-ibm840-fc ...... 124481 |============================= kvm-ibm840-directsync ... 55570 |============= kvm-ibm840-nocache ...... 112721 |=========================== kvm-ibm840-writeback .... 191217 |============================================= kvm-ibm840-writethrough . 24552 |====== vmware-ssd-raid1 ........ 32250 |======== vmware-ibm840-fc ........ 123678 |============================= vmware-ibm840-switch .... 122327 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /root/pgdisk - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better physical-ssd-raid1 ...... 137.36 |======== V7000gen2-ssd-raid1 ..... 162.22 |========= V7000-hdd-raid10 ........ 54.36 |=== physical-ibm840-fc ...... 500.13 |============================= kvm-ibm840-directsync ... 263.65 |=============== kvm-ibm840-nocache ...... 427.33 |========================= kvm-ibm840-writeback .... 768.49 |============================================= kvm-ibm840-writethrough . 96.81 |====== vmware-ssd-raid1 ........ 128.56 |======== vmware-ibm840-fc ........ 494.37 |============================= vmware-ibm840-switch .... 489.53 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /root/pgdisk - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better physical-ssd-raid1 ...... 117221 |========================== V7000gen2-ssd-raid1 ..... 81475 |================== V7000-hdd-raid10 ........ 42090 |========= physical-ibm840-fc ...... 128150 |============================= kvm-ibm840-directsync ... 117315 |========================== kvm-ibm840-nocache ...... 115973 |========================== kvm-ibm840-writeback .... 192865 |=========================================== kvm-ibm840-writethrough . 201572 |============================================= vmware-ssd-raid1 ........ 125528 |============================ vmware-ibm840-fc ........ 100571 |====================== vmware-ibm840-switch .... 100862 |======================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /root/pgdisk - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better physical-ssd-raid1 ...... 464.68 |========================== V7000gen2-ssd-raid1 ..... 319.08 |================== V7000-hdd-raid10 ........ 243.65 |============== physical-ibm840-fc ...... 498.26 |============================ kvm-ibm840-directsync ... 467.44 |========================== kvm-ibm840-nocache ...... 466.06 |========================== kvm-ibm840-writeback .... 780.81 |============================================ kvm-ibm840-writethrough . 805.66 |============================================= vmware-ssd-raid1 ........ 503.70 |============================ vmware-ibm840-fc ........ 402.48 |====================== vmware-ibm840-switch .... 403.51 |======================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /root/pgdisk - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better physical-ssd-raid1 ...... 103655 |==================== V7000gen2-ssd-raid1 ..... 55140 |=========== V7000-hdd-raid10 ........ 19053 |==== physical-ibm840-fc ...... 157764 |=============================== kvm-ibm840-directsync ... 78039 |=============== kvm-ibm840-nocache ...... 148319 |============================= kvm-ibm840-writeback .... 227635 |============================================= kvm-ibm840-writethrough . 61701 |============ vmware-ssd-raid1 ........ 103829 |===================== vmware-ibm840-fc ........ 125302 |========================= vmware-ibm840-switch .... 124340 |========================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /root/pgdisk - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better physical-ssd-raid1 ...... 412.77 |===================== V7000gen2-ssd-raid1 ..... 223.64 |=========== V7000-hdd-raid10 ........ 76.28 |==== physical-ibm840-fc ...... 644.97 |================================= kvm-ibm840-directsync ... 371.86 |=================== kvm-ibm840-nocache ...... 586.78 |============================== kvm-ibm840-writeback .... 882.78 |============================================= kvm-ibm840-writethrough . 246.85 |============= vmware-ssd-raid1 ........ 415.48 |===================== vmware-ibm840-fc ........ 499.46 |========================= vmware-ibm840-switch .... 497.48 |=========================