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 D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK-NFS: Processor: AMD Opteron 6134 @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 40GB OS: Debian 6.0.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext3 D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK: Processor: AMD Opteron 6134 @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro H8SGL, Chipset: ATI RD890 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 7000GB ARC-1261-VOL#00, Graphics: Matrox MGA G200eW WPCM450, Network: Intel 82574L Gigabit Connection OS: Debian Linux 6.0.1, Kernel: 2.6.32-10-pve (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: tmpfs 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 |================== D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK-NFS . 27.72 |==================== D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK ..... 24.49 |================== 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 |=========================================== D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK-NFS . 2479.75 |====== 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 |================================= D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK-NFS . 79.80 |============== D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK ..... 247.82 |============================================= 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 |================================== D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK-NFS . 138.79 |====== D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK ..... 1059.29 |============================================ 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 |================= D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK-NFS . 218.14 |========== D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK ..... 953.11 |============================================= 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 |=========== D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK-NFS . 111.19 |=== D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK ..... 1545.07 |============================================ 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 |========================================= D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK-NFS . 87.29 |= D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK ..... 2939.05 |============================================ 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 |==================== D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK-NFS . 33.18 |== D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK ..... 697.49 |============================================= 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 |==================== D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK-NFS . 64.58 |= D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK ..... 2633.36 |============================================ 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 |===================== D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK-NFS . 80.66 |= D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK ..... 2620.15 |============================================ 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 |===================== D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK-NFS . 103.22 |== D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK ..... 2598.86 |============================================ 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 |======= D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK-NFS . 39.83 |= D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK ..... 1643.63 |============================================ 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 |=============================== D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK-NFS . 320.71 |============ D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK ..... 4.15 | 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 |=========================================== D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK-NFS . 1561.82 |====== D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK ..... 7737.60 |============================== 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 | D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK-NFS . 15.37 | D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK ..... 6459.57 |============================================ PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better CP_DISK_EQL-iSCSI ....... 2083 |=============================================== CP_DISK_EQL-ISCSI ....... 2097 |=============================================== D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK-NFS . 312 |======= 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 |====================================== D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK-NFS . 110.21 |=== D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK ..... 1589.87 |============================================ 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 |============================== D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK-NFS . 22.35 |========================================= D6-STORAGE1-RAMDISK ..... 15.15 |============================