CP_DISK_EQL-iSCSI VMware testing on Ubuntu 10.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Testing against an iSCSI LUN on an EqualLogic ps300e. CP_DISK_EQL-iSCSI: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon X5650 @ 2.66GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 21GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-37-server (x86_64), Display Driver: vmware, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware CP_DISK_EQL-ISCSI: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon X5650 @ 2.66GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DRAM, Disk: 21GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-37-server (x86_64), Display Driver: vmware, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware D6-STORAGE1-LOCAL: Processor: AMD Opteron 6134 @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro H8SGL, Chipset: ATI RD890 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 8 x 4096 MB 1333MHz, Disk: 7000GB ARC-1261-VOL#00 + 64GB M4-CT064M4SSD2, Graphics: Matrox MGA G200eW WPCM450, Network: Intel 82574L Gigabit Connection OS: Debian Linux 6.0.1, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4 Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better CP_DISK_EQL-iSCSI . 23.24 |=================== CP_DISK_EQL-ISCSI . 62.84 |==================================================== D6-STORAGE1-LOCAL . 24.38 |==================== SQLite 3.7.3 12,500 INSERTs Seconds < Lower Is Better CP_DISK_EQL-iSCSI . 45.18 |================================================ CP_DISK_EQL-ISCSI . 48.46 |==================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better CP_DISK_EQL-iSCSI . 6203.00 |================== CP_DISK_EQL-ISCSI . 5314.16 |================ D6-STORAGE1-LOCAL . 16643.57 |================================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better CP_DISK_EQL-iSCSI . 102.72 |============================= CP_DISK_EQL-ISCSI . 84.25 |======================== D6-STORAGE1-LOCAL . 182.77 |=================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better CP_DISK_EQL-iSCSI . 194.97 |============ CP_DISK_EQL-ISCSI . 177.76 |=========== D6-STORAGE1-LOCAL . 826.03 |=================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better CP_DISK_EQL-iSCSI . 266.12 |===================================== CP_DISK_EQL-ISCSI . 221.64 |=============================== D6-STORAGE1-LOCAL . 370.59 |=================================================== IOzone 3.347 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better CP_DISK_EQL-iSCSI . 133.40 |================== CP_DISK_EQL-ISCSI . 132.28 |================= D6-STORAGE1-LOCAL . 387.38 |=================================================== IOzone 3.347 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better CP_DISK_EQL-iSCSI . 107.43 |== CP_DISK_EQL-ISCSI . 106.30 |== D6-STORAGE1-LOCAL . 2715.81 |================================================== Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better CP_DISK_EQL-iSCSI . 148.20 |======================== CP_DISK_EQL-ISCSI . 138.08 |======================= D6-STORAGE1-LOCAL . 311.47 |=================================================== Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better CP_DISK_EQL-iSCSI . 387.44 |================ CP_DISK_EQL-ISCSI . 366.84 |================ D6-STORAGE1-LOCAL . 1177.15 |================================================== Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better CP_DISK_EQL-iSCSI . 455.68 |================== CP_DISK_EQL-ISCSI . 450.40 |================== D6-STORAGE1-LOCAL . 1260.25 |================================================== Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better CP_DISK_EQL-iSCSI . 487.37 |==================== CP_DISK_EQL-ISCSI . 483.20 |==================== D6-STORAGE1-LOCAL . 1236.82 |================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better CP_DISK_EQL-iSCSI . 68.60 |============== CP_DISK_EQL-ISCSI . 69.03 |============== D6-STORAGE1-LOCAL . 248.87 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better CP_DISK_EQL-iSCSI . 1162.74 |================================================== CP_DISK_EQL-ISCSI . 1087.06 |=============================================== D6-STORAGE1-LOCAL . 817.84 |=================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better CP_DISK_EQL-iSCSI . 6528.06 |============================= CP_DISK_EQL-ISCSI . 6560.79 |============================= D6-STORAGE1-LOCAL . 10943.08 |================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better CP_DISK_EQL-iSCSI . 37.46 |================================================ CP_DISK_EQL-ISCSI . 40.27 |==================================================== D6-STORAGE1-LOCAL . 32.34 |========================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better CP_DISK_EQL-iSCSI . 2083 |===================================================== CP_DISK_EQL-ISCSI . 2097 |===================================================== AIO-Stress 0.21 Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better CP_DISK_EQL-iSCSI . 1260.97 |============================================= CP_DISK_EQL-ISCSI . 1161.53 |========================================== D6-STORAGE1-LOCAL . 1390.12 |================================================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better CP_DISK_EQL-iSCSI . 25.32 |==================================================== CP_DISK_EQL-ISCSI . 24.55 |================================================== D6-STORAGE1-LOCAL . 16.48 |==================================