vbox-database Running pts/sqlite-1.8.0, pts/pgbench-1.3.0 via the Phoronix Test Suite. vbox-database-run1: Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.37GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: innotek VirtualBox v1.2, Chipset: Intel 440FX - 82441FX PMC, Memory: 15872MB, Disk: 9GB VBOX HDD, Graphics: InnoTek VirtualBox OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-server (x86_64), Display Driver: innotek, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4 kvm-database-run1: Processor: QEMU Virtual 0.14.1 @ 2.39GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 15872MB, Disk: 6GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-server (x86_64), Display Driver: cirrus, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4 host-database-run1: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.39GHz (24 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0MD99X, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH9, Memory: 48640MB, Disk: 249GB PERC H700 + 1979GB PERC H700 + 1020GB PERC H700, Graphics: Matrox MGA G200eW WPCM450 OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-server (x86_64), Display Driver: matrox, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4 SQLite 3.7.3 12,500 INSERTs Seconds < Lower Is Better vbox-database-run1 . 41.06 |=================================================== kvm-database-run1 .. 24.64 |=============================== host-database-run1 . 7.20 |========= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better vbox-database-run1 . 1626.55 |================================================= kvm-database-run1 .. 1073.16 |================================ host-database-run1 . 1190.47 |====================================