Promise-VessRAID-RAID5 Running pts/disk on a VM backed by a Promise VessRAID 1840i with 16 2TB Western Digital RE-4's running in RAID-5. Promise-VessRAID-RAID5: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5649 @ 2.53GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 86GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Debian 6.0.4, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), Display Driver: vmware, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Promise-VessRAID-RAID5 . 18.42 |=============================================== SQLite 3.7.3 12,500 INSERTs Seconds < Lower Is Better Promise-VessRAID-RAID5 . 50.86 |=============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Promise-VessRAID-RAID5 . 117.32 |============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Promise-VessRAID-RAID5 . 209.53 |============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Promise-VessRAID-RAID5 . 339.52 |============================================== IOzone 3.347 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Promise-VessRAID-RAID5 . 59.25 |=============================================== IOzone 3.347 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Promise-VessRAID-RAID5 . 206.46 |============================================== Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Promise-VessRAID-RAID5 . 169.59 |============================================== Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Promise-VessRAID-RAID5 . 485.93 |============================================== Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Promise-VessRAID-RAID5 . 419.81 |============================================== Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Promise-VessRAID-RAID5 . 316.97 |============================================== FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Promise-VessRAID-RAID5 . 72.20 |=============================================== Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better Promise-VessRAID-RAID5 . 3214.71 |============================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better Promise-VessRAID-RAID5 . 6376.10 |============================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better Promise-VessRAID-RAID5 . 2.50 |================================================ PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Promise-VessRAID-RAID5 . 3125 |================================================ AIO-Stress 0.21 Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Promise-VessRAID-RAID5 . 1595.68 |============================================= Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Promise-VessRAID-RAID5 . 18.32 |===============================================