VMware testing on Ubuntu 10.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Testing against an iSCSI LUN on an EqualLogic ps300e.
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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
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 |=========================================
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 |===
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 |=======
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 |==================
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 |======
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 |============
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 |=======
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 |====
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 |===
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 |==
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 |=====
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 |=
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 |=============
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 |==========================
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 |========
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 |====================
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 |======
SQLite 3.7.3
12,500 INSERTs
Seconds < Lower Is Better
CP_DISK_EQL-iSCSI . 45.18 |================================================
CP_DISK_EQL-ISCSI . 48.46 |====================================================
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 |====================