8gbiozone VMware testing on CentOS 6.2 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 8gbiozone: Processor: Intel Xeon X7560 @ 2.26GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 27GB Virtual disk OS: CentOS 6.2, Kernel: 2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20110731, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better 8gbiozone . 189.31 |=========================================================== IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better 8gbiozone . 110.29 |=========================================================== IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better 8gbiozone . 170.47 |=========================================================== IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better 8gbiozone . 108.88 |=========================================================== IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better 8gbiozone . 161.43 |=========================================================== IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better 8gbiozone . 84.79 |============================================================