fio-test docker VMware testing on Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS via the Phoronix Test Suite. Virtual disk: Processor: 4 x Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 54GB Virtual disk OS: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS, Kernel: 4.9.67-rancher (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: overlayfs, System Layer: docker VMware Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 13.88 |========================================================= Virtual disk . 12.20 |================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 3467 |========================================================== Virtual disk . 3047 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 5.91 |========================================================= Virtual disk . 6.00 |========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 1474 |========================================================= Virtual disk . 1496 |========================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 233.36 |======================================================= Virtual disk . 236.82 |======================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 58336 |======================================================== Virtual disk . 59201 |========================================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 225.67 |======================================================== Virtual disk . 226.17 |======================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Virtual disk . 56415 |========================================================= Virtual disk . 56539 |=========================================================