22310 VMware testing on CentOS 5.8 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 1: Processor: Intel Xeon E5640 @ 2.67GHz (4 Cores), Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DRAM, Disk: 32GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: CentOS 5.8, Kernel: 2.6.18-308.20.1.el5 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.16.0, Display Server: X Server 7.1.1, Display Driver: vmware 11.0.99, OpenGL: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.1), Compiler: GCC 4.1.2 20080704, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1152x864, System Layer: VMware 2: Processor: Intel Xeon E5640 @ 2.67GHz (4 Cores), Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DRAM, Disk: 32GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: CentOS 5.8, Kernel: 2.6.18-308.20.1.el5 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.16.0, Display Server: X Server 7.1.1, Display Driver: vmware 11.0.99, OpenGL: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.5.1), Compiler: GCC 4.1.2 20080704, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1152x864, System Layer: VMware IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 2GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better 1 . 81.65 |=================================================================== 2 . 82.39 |====================================================================