srvfms-54 Intel Xeon E5645 testing with a Intel S5520HC and Matrox MGA G200e [Pilot] (SEP1) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago) via the Phoronix Test Suite. RHEL6.1 bare metal: Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.40GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel S5520HC, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 4 x 2048 MB 1333MHz, Disk: 2396GB RS2BL040 + 2 x 2000GB Seagate ST32000641AS, Graphics: Matrox MGA G200e [Pilot] (SEP1), Network: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Connection OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago), Kernel: 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Display Driver: matrox, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs RHEL6.1 KVM: Processor: QEMU Virtual @ 2.40GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Red Hat KVM, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB RAM, Disk: 20GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago), Kernel: 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Display Driver: cirrus, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs, System Layer: QEMU RHEL6.1 KVM with cache mode = none: Processor: QEMU Virtual @ 2.40GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Red Hat KVM, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB RAM, Disk: 20GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago), Kernel: 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Display Driver: cirrus, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs, System Layer: QEMU RHEL6.1 KVM + noop for VM: Processor: QEMU Virtual @ 2.40GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Red Hat KVM, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB RAM, Disk: 20GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (Santiago), Kernel: 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Display Driver: cirrus, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: xfs, System Layer: QEMU John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal ................. 3041000 |================================= RHEL6.1 KVM ........................ 2998333 |================================= RHEL6.1 KVM with cache mode = none . 2991667 |================================ RHEL6.1 KVM + noop for VM .......... 3019333 |================================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal ................. 2986 |==================================== RHEL6.1 KVM ........................ 1149 |============== RHEL6.1 KVM with cache mode = none . 2380 |============================= RHEL6.1 KVM + noop for VM .......... 2510 |============================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.2.17 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal ................. 26.90 |================================ RHEL6.1 KVM ........................ 29.34 |=================================== RHEL6.1 KVM with cache mode = none . 28.74 |================================== RHEL6.1 KVM + noop for VM .......... 29.11 |=================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal ................. 8.25 |=================================== RHEL6.1 KVM ........................ 8.51 |==================================== RHEL6.1 KVM with cache mode = none . 8.45 |=================================== RHEL6.1 KVM + noop for VM .......... 8.58 |==================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal ................. 9316.56 |================================= RHEL6.1 KVM ........................ 9267.70 |================================= RHEL6.1 KVM with cache mode = none . 8948.83 |================================ RHEL6.1 KVM + noop for VM .......... 9326.59 |================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal ................. 10370.59 |================================ RHEL6.1 KVM ........................ 10294.71 |================================ RHEL6.1 KVM with cache mode = none . 9940.63 |=============================== RHEL6.1 KVM + noop for VM .......... 10314.99 |================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal ................. 55.56 |================================== RHEL6.1 KVM ........................ 56.54 |=================================== RHEL6.1 KVM with cache mode = none . 56.55 |=================================== RHEL6.1 KVM + noop for VM .......... 56.54 |=================================== IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal ................. 1377.07 |================================= RHEL6.1 KVM ........................ 580.62 |============== RHEL6.1 KVM with cache mode = none . 750.66 |================== RHEL6.1 KVM + noop for VM .......... 723.00 |================= IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal ................. 5418.03 |================================= RHEL6.1 KVM ........................ 4894.08 |============================== RHEL6.1 KVM with cache mode = none . 5040.29 |=============================== RHEL6.1 KVM + noop for VM .......... 5039.38 |=============================== SQLite 3.7.3 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal ................. 84.09 |============= RHEL6.1 KVM ........................ 212.80 |================================== RHEL6.1 KVM with cache mode = none . 89.68 |============== RHEL6.1 KVM + noop for VM .......... 90.84 |=============== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal ................. 383.43 |================================== RHEL6.1 KVM ........................ 319.69 |============================ RHEL6.1 KVM with cache mode = none . 370.08 |================================= RHEL6.1 KVM + noop for VM .......... 376.34 |================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal ................. 18.49 |================================ RHEL6.1 KVM ........................ 10.99 |=================== RHEL6.1 KVM with cache mode = none . 20.02 |=================================== RHEL6.1 KVM + noop for VM .......... 18.97 |================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal ................. 7244.13 |=============================== RHEL6.1 KVM ........................ 6692.94 |============================= RHEL6.1 KVM with cache mode = none . 7684.22 |================================= RHEL6.1 KVM + noop for VM .......... 6776.70 |============================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 16 MB/s > Higher Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal ................. 6534.99 |================================= RHEL6.1 KVM ........................ 5713.49 |============================= RHEL6.1 KVM with cache mode = none . 4947.04 |========================= RHEL6.1 KVM + noop for VM .......... 5520.60 |============================ Dbench 4.0 Client Count: 48 MB/s > Higher Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal ................. 395.12 |================================== RHEL6.1 KVM ........................ 67.00 |====== RHEL6.1 KVM with cache mode = none . 135.07 |============ RHEL6.1 KVM + noop for VM .......... 134.54 |============ Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Test: Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal ................. 1539.24 |================================ RHEL6.1 KVM ........................ 1606.78 |================================= RHEL6.1 KVM with cache mode = none . 1574.48 |================================ RHEL6.1 KVM + noop for VM .......... 1576.53 |================================ AIO-Stress 0.21 Test: Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better RHEL6.1 bare metal ................. 349.65 |================================== RHEL6.1 KVM ........................ 146.08 |============== RHEL6.1 KVM with cache mode = none . 97.12 |========= RHEL6.1 KVM + noop for VM .......... 97.53 |=========